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Effectiveness and safety of bivalirudin during percutaneous coronary intervention in a single medical center.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15757596     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A recent large-scale, randomized trial demonstrated the noninferiority of a strategy of bivalirudin with provisional glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibition compared with routine GP IIb/IIIa inhibition. There is a paucity of outcome data with bivalirudin use in the setting of real-world experience. We evaluated 6,996 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention between January 2001 and December 2004 to compare early and late outcomes with a bivalirudin-based antithrombotic regimen with those with a heparin-based regimen. Propensity adjustment was performed to correct for baseline differences in patient characteristics. Bivalirudin-based therapy was used in 1,070 patients, heparin only in 801 patients, and heparin plus GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors in 5,125 patients. Compared with patients who received heparin or those who received heparin plus GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors, patients who received bivalirudin had lower incidences of bleeding (blood transfusion rate 1.7% vs 4.0%, p <0.001) and periprocedural myonecrosis (creatine kinase-MB >5 times the upper limit of normal 2.7% vs 4.3%, p = 0.016). Differences in bleeding end points remained significant after adjusting for the propensity to receive bivalirudin, but there was no difference in ischemic events. There was no difference in unadjusted long-term survival rate (log-rank test p = 0.46, total number of deaths 412, mean follow-up 17 months) or in propensity-adjusted long-term survival rate (hazard ratio 1.37, 95% confidence interval 0.90 to 2.08, p = 0.14). Compared with heparin with or without GP IIb/IIIa inhibition, the use of bivalirudin in a large consecutive patient registry at a tertiary care center was associated with fewer bleeding events and no evident increase in the incidence of ischemic complications.
Authors:
Hitinder S Gurm; Vivek Rajagopal; Robert Fathi; Deepak Vivekanathan; Jay S Yadav; Deepak L Bhatt; Stephen G Ellis; A Michael Lincoff; Eric J Topol
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of cardiology     Volume:  95     ISSN:  0002-9149     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2005 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-03-10     Completed Date:  2005-04-21     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0207277     Medline TA:  Am J Cardiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  716-21     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary*
Cohort Studies
Coronary Restenosis / mortality,  therapy
Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
Creatine Kinase / blood
Creatine Kinase, MB Form
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage*,  adverse effects
Follow-Up Studies
Hemorrhage / chemically induced
Heparin / administration & dosage,  adverse effects
Hirudins / administration & dosage*,  adverse effects,  analogs & derivatives*
Humans
Isoenzymes / blood
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / mortality,  therapy
Ohio
Peptide Fragments / administration & dosage*,  adverse effects
Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / antagonists & inhibitors
Prospective Studies
Recombinant Proteins / administration & dosage*,  adverse effects
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Fibrinolytic Agents; 0/Hirudins; 0/Isoenzymes; 0/Peptide Fragments; 0/Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; 0/Recombinant Proteins; 128270-60-0/bivalirudin; 9005-49-6/Heparin; EC 2.7.3.2/Creatine Kinase; EC 2.7.3.2/Creatine Kinase, MB Form
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2005 Aug;2(8):384-5   [PMID:  16119695 ]
Erratum In:
Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 15;96(2):324

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