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Assessment of residual thrombus burden in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin infusion: The MATRIX (minimizing adverse hemorrhagic events by transradial access site and angioX) OCT study.

Luis A Mansilla ÁlvarezMarianna AdamoMohammad SoudOmar YacobAndrea PicchiGennaro SardellaEnrico FrigoliUgo LimbrunoStefano RigattieriRoberto DilettiGiacomo G BoccuzziMarco ZimarinoMarco ContariniFilippo RussoPaolo CalabròGiuseppe AndòFerdinando VarbellaStefano GarducciCataldo PalmieriCarlo BriguoriAlexios KaragiannisMarco Valgimigli
Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
The administration of bivalirudin after primary PCI significantly reduces residual stent strut thrombosis when compared to UFH. This observation should be considered hypothesis-generating since the heparin-treated patients were not randomly allocated.
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