%0 Journal Article %T Risk guided use of the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin: insights from recent trials and analyses %A Hillegass, William B. %A Bradford, Gregory S. %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2016 %B 2016 %9 %! Risk guided use of the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin: insights from recent trials and analyses %K %X During percutaneous coronary intervention, dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and a P2Y12 receptor antagonist are combined with one of three major strategies for antithrombotic therapy: heparins, bivalirudin, or heparin with an intravenous IIb/IIIa platelet receptor antagonist. Economic constraints in the United States are increasingly driving the choice between these therapies. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/9305 %V 8 %N 9 %P E1034-E1040 %@ 2077-6624