Anticoagulants and Primary PCI
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Fahim Haider Jafary
- Source
- Primary Angioplasty ISBN: 9789811311130
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
medicine.drug_class
business.industry
Anticoagulant
MEDLINE
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
surgical procedures, operative
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Conventional PCI
medicine
Cardiology
Bivalirudin
cardiovascular diseases
030212 general & internal medicine
Myocardial infarction
business
therapeutics
medicine.drug
- Language
Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) mandate usage of anticoagulants to facilitate a successful and safe procedure. This chapter reviews commonly used anticoagulant regimens used for PCI with tailored guidance for the acute setting, in particular primary PCI for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).