“…Notably, all 12 patients included in the study survived to hospital discharge, and 11 patients survived to 1 year, with the exception of a single patient who died due to sepsis [26]. In the most comprehensive documentation of bivalirudin duration, Bates et al [25] described courses of therapy in the adult population ranging from 3 to 69 days. Still, adverse events across patients did not appear to demonstrate an association with duration of infusion.…”