Abstract
Compared with the combination of heparin and a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPI), bivalirudin confers a lower bleeding risk but is also a less potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation. In patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), bivalirudin alone produced significantly better clinical outcomes than heparin plus a GPI (JW …
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