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J Artif Organs
December 2024
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Main Street, Cincinnati, OH, 77030, USA.
Critically ill pediatric patients supported on ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly being anticoagulated on bivalirudin, but with difficulty monitoring anticoagulation. Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) has recently been shown to poorly correlate with bivalirudin plasma concentrations, while dTT had excellent correlation. However, aPTT is the more common monitoring test and dTT testing is rarely used.
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January 2024
Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston.
ASAIO J
November 2023
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
ASAIO J
May 2023
From the Department of Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Bivalirudin has been used in increasing frequency as an alternative to unfractionated heparin (UFH) in pediatric recipients of Berlin Heart EXCOR ventricular assist devices (VAD). This single-center, retrospective review characterizes anticoagulant trends and outcomes in pediatric Berlin Heart VAD recipients implanted between September 1, 2013, and August 31, 2021, anticoagulated with either bivalirudin or UFH. Thirty-one patients were included; 65% who received bivalirudin and 35% who received UFH.
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February 2022
Department of Institute for Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China; Sichuan Provincial Research Center for Emergency Medicine and Critical Illness, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. Electronic address:
Background: Anticoagulation is important for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Heparin is widely used; however, in some cases, it is not suitable for patients. Bivalirudin has been recently proposed for ECMO patients, and there is no evidence regarding its effectiveness and safety.
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