Prospective Exploratory Experience With Bivalirudin Anticoagulation in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Objectives: Objective of this study was to determine if bivalirudin resulted in less circuit interventions than unfractionated heparin. A secondary objective was to examine associations between bivalirudin dose and partial thromboplastin time, international normalized ratio, and activated clotting time.

Design: Prospective observational.