PMID- 27530189 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170410 LR - 20181202 IS - 1522-726X (Electronic) IS - 1522-1946 (Linking) VI - 88 IP - 2 DP - 2016 Aug TI - Optimal anticoagulation prior to cath: Bivalirudin vs. Heparin the saga continues.... PG - 182-3 LID - 10.1002/ccd.26670 [doi] AB - During the pre-procedural (medication) phase, the use of bivalirudin monotherapy is associated with the lowest rate of bleeding in patients with Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (Non-STEMI) undergoing an early invasive strategy. Monotherapy with either bivalirudin or unfractionated heparin (UFH) appear interchangeable in this setting. The use of GPI upstream with either drug should be discouraged due to an increased risk of bleeding and net adverse events. The use of low dose aspirin plus potent P2Y12 inhibitors followed by a transradial approach with implantation of drug-eluting coronary stents with fluorinated polymers represents an strategy that may help limit perioperative ischemic and hemorrhagic complications in these individuals. CI - (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Belardi, Jorge A AU - Belardi JA AD - Department of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Therapeutics, Instituto Cardiovascular De Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos Aires, Argentina. FAU - Albertal, Mariano AU - Albertal M AD - Department of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Therapeutics, Instituto Cardiovascular De Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos Aires, Argentina. LA - eng PT - Comment PT - Editorial PL - United States TA - Catheter Cardiovasc Interv JT - Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions JID - 100884139 RN - 0 (Hirudins) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 9005-49-6 (Heparin) SB - IM CON - Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Aug;88(2):174-81. PMID: 26332193 MH - Hemorrhage/chemically induced MH - *Heparin MH - Hirudins MH - Humans MH - Peptide Fragments MH - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention MH - Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex/*therapeutic use MH - Recombinant Proteins/therapeutic use MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - acute coronary syndromes OT - bivalirudin OT - medication phase OT - percutaneous coronary interventions OT - unfractionated heparin EDAT- 2016/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/11 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/11 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/ccd.26670 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Aug;88(2):182-3. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26670.