EFFECT OF HEPARIN AND BIVALIRUDIN ON THE KINETICS OF CLOT FORMATION: VISCOELASTIC COAGULATION TESTING
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.197855
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Heparin is a widely used anticoagulant that inhibits thrombin and factor Xa via antithrombin III. Bivalirudin is a direct thrombin inhibitor and does not inhibit factor Xa. It inhibits both circulating and clot-bound thrombin.… read more here.
Keywords: coagulation testing; bivalirudin; viscoelastic coagulation; heparin bivalirudin ... See more keywords