| Title | Heart transplantation using bivalirudin as anticoagulant. | | Author(s) | Simsir SA, Schwarz ER, Czer LS, Hamburg SI | | Institution | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. | | Source | Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2009 Oct 1. | | Abstract | We present the case of a man with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and acute idiopathic decompensated cardiomyopathy who underwent successful heart transplantation with the use of bivalirudin as anticoagulant. Keywords: Transplantation; Heart; Adult. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19797475 |
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