Bivalirudin is a synthetic 20 residue peptide (thrombin inhibitor) which reversibly inhibits thrombin. Once bound to the active site, thrombin cannot activate fibrinogen into fibrin, the crucial step in the formation of thrombus. It is administered intravenously. Because it can cause blood stagnation, it is important to monitor changes in hematocrit, activated partial thromboplastin time, international normalized ratio and blood pressure.
For treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and for the prevention of thrombosis. Bivalirudin is indicated for use in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), in patients at moderate to high risk acute coronary syndromes due to unstable angina or non-ST segment elevation in whom a PCI is planned.
Nycomed, Roskilde, Denmark
First Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany
Segeberger Kliniken, Bad Segeberg, Germany
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, United States
The Heart Care Research Foundation, Blue Island, Illinois, United States
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, United States
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