Argatroban and Bivalirudin for Perioperative Anticoagulation in Cardiac Surgery

Anesthesiology. 2018 Feb;128(2):390-400. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001976.

Authors

Andreas Koster¹, David Faraoni, Jerrold H Levy

Affiliation

¹ From the Institute of Anesthesiology, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (A.K.); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (D.F.); and Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (J.H.L.).

PMID: 29206646
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001976

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antithrombins / therapeutic use*
Arginine / analogs & derivatives
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Hirudins
Humans
Peptide Fragments / therapeutic use*
Perioperative Care / methods*
Pipecolic Acids / therapeutic use*
Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
Sulfonamides
Thrombosis / prevention & control*

Substances

Antithrombins
Hirudins
Peptide Fragments
Pipecolic Acids
Recombinant Proteins
Sulfonamides
Arginine
argatroban
bivalirudin