Bivalirudin For Angioplasty: Expensive Heparin?

tony gershlick Bivalirudin For Angioplasty: Expensive Heparin?
Tony Gershlick

Tony Gershlick, University of Leicester
Adnan Kastrati, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Munich
Using bivalirudin instead of heparin during angioplasty wasn’t any better for preventing death, MI or urgent revascularisation in the 4,500-patient ISAR-REACT 3 study presented at the ACC annual meeting. Tony Gershlick and Adnan Kastrati discuss the study with Peter Goodwin and Sara Freeman.

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2 Comments

  1. Dr. Gupta
    Posted May 23, 2008 at 12:35 pm | Permalink

    Please note they use halperin, the Chinese drug, in these procedures or a dangerous european alternative.

  2. Zheng zhenzhong
    Posted August 13, 2008 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

    thank you for your material

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