Background Prior randomized trials have shown reduced bleeding with bivalirudin compared with unfractionated heparin (UFH) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, it is not known ...Background Prior randomized trials have shown reduced bleeding with bivalirudin compared with unfractionated heparin (UFH) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, it is not known if this benefit is also present when UFH doses are more tightly controlled (as measured by activated clotting time, ACT).展开更多
Background Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) elevation after been associated with increased risk for mortality. Although most infarction (pMI) as an elevation in CK-MB 〉 3 × upper limit of and variation in site-spe...Background Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) elevation after been associated with increased risk for mortality. Although most infarction (pMI) as an elevation in CK-MB 〉 3 × upper limit of and variation in site-specific definitions of the ULN may limit the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has studies have defined periprocedural myocardial normal (ULN), use of different CK-MB assays value of such relative thresholds.展开更多
文摘Background Prior randomized trials have shown reduced bleeding with bivalirudin compared with unfractionated heparin (UFH) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, it is not known if this benefit is also present when UFH doses are more tightly controlled (as measured by activated clotting time, ACT).
文摘Background Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) elevation after been associated with increased risk for mortality. Although most infarction (pMI) as an elevation in CK-MB 〉 3 × upper limit of and variation in site-specific definitions of the ULN may limit the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has studies have defined periprocedural myocardial normal (ULN), use of different CK-MB assays value of such relative thresholds.