title: Combination platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor and lepirudin administration during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Duane S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carrozza
mesh_terms: D000077284:Abciximab; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D000077542:Eptifibatide; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006629:Hirudins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D000077466:Tirofiban; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000925:Anticoagulants; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006629:Hirudins; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D006493:Heparin; D000077466:Tirofiban; D000077542:Eptifibatide; D000077284:Abciximab; C083544:lepirudin