Comment on: "Comment on: Bivalirudin During Thrombolysis With Catheter-Directed tPA in a Heparin-Refractory Patient: A Case Report": The Promise of Dilute Thrombin Time and Drug-Calibrated Assays for Improved Bivalirudin Monitoring

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ² Division of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ³ Hemostasis and Thrombosis Laboratory, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.