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    Bivalirudin, sold under the brand names Angiomax and Angiox, among others, is a specific and reversible direct thrombin inhibitor (DTI). Chemically, it...
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  • that bivalirudin is non-inferior compared to heparin and that bivalirudin is associated with a lower rate of bleeding. Unlike the hirudins, bivalirudin is...
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    this purpose; mainly used are danaparoid, fondaparinux, argatroban, and bivalirudin. While purified heparin was first used in humans in the 1930s, HIT was...
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    to direct thrombin inhibitors including dabigatran, argatroban, and bivalirudin. After separating the plasma from the whole blood by centrifugation,...
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    members of this class include the bivalent drugs hirudin, lepirudin, and bivalirudin and the monovalent drugs argatroban and dabigatran. An oral direct thrombin...
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    argatroban. Other "blood thinners" sometimes used in this setting include bivalirudin and fondaparinux. Platelet transfusions are not routinely used to treat...
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    example, the anticoagulant drugs, hirudin and its synthetic congener, bivalirudin, are based on saliva chemistry of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Used...
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    members are already in clinical use (such as lepirudin, argatroban, bivalirudin and dabigatran). Also in clinical use are other small molecular compounds...
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    desirudin (Revasc/Iprivask) – differs by removal of sulfate group on Tyr63 bivalirudin – peptide fragment Several other direct thrombin inhibitors are derived...
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  • evidence that REG1 reduced ischaemic events or bleeding compared with bivalirudin. Lincoff, A. Michael; Mehran, Roxana; Povsic, Thomas J.; Zelenkofske...
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