Abstract
We evaluated a combination therapy using glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonism and direct thrombin inhibition in nine patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) undergoing 10 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). In selected patients with HIT, the combination of a direct thrombin inhibitor, lepirudin, and abciximab, tirofiban, or eptifibatide appears to be a safe and effective anticoagulation strategy for PCI.
Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
MeSH terms
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Abciximab
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
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Anticoagulants / administration & dosage*
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Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Eptifibatide
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Female
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Fibrinolytic Agents / adverse effects*
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Heparin / adverse effects*
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Hirudins / administration & dosage*
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Hirudins / analogs & derivatives*
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / administration & dosage
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Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / therapeutic use
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Peptides / administration & dosage
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Peptides / therapeutic use
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Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / administration & dosage
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Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
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Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / administration & dosage
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Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / antagonists & inhibitors*
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Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / therapeutic use*
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Recombinant Proteins / administration & dosage*
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Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use*
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Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
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Thrombocytopenia / drug therapy*
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Thrombocytopenia / surgery
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Tirofiban
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Tyrosine / administration & dosage
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Tyrosine / analogs & derivatives
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Tyrosine / therapeutic use
Substances
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Anticoagulants
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Fibrinolytic Agents
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Hirudins
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Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
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Peptides
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Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
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Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex
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Recombinant Proteins
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Tyrosine
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Heparin
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Tirofiban
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Eptifibatide
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Abciximab
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lepirudin