1997
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.7.2155
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Randomized, Double-blind Comparison of Hirulog Versus Heparin in Patients Receiving Streptokinase and Aspirin for Acute Myocardial Infarction (HERO)

Abstract: Hirulog was more effective than heparin in producing early patency in patients treated with aspirin and streptokinase without increasing the risk of major bleeding. Direct thrombin inhibition may improve clinical outcome.

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“…[8][9][10]28 Thrombin inhibition potentiates thrombolysis and improves vessel patency in humans. 29,30 To develop further the therapeutic potential of direct thrombin inhibition, we have sought to generate viral vectors that can overexpress hirudin from vascular cells. 15 In the present study we constructed and tested several retroviral vectors that express hirudin.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[8][9][10]28 Thrombin inhibition potentiates thrombolysis and improves vessel patency in humans. 29,30 To develop further the therapeutic potential of direct thrombin inhibition, we have sought to generate viral vectors that can overexpress hirudin from vascular cells. 15 In the present study we constructed and tested several retroviral vectors that express hirudin.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hirudin, a naturally occurring peptide derived from the saliva of the medicinal leech has been studied in patients with ACS undergoing reperfusion therapy with fibrinolytics or PCI (TIMI-9B, GUSTO-IIB, HELVETICA) and found to have no benefit when compared to UFH with comparable rates of major bleeding (86)(87)(88). The pilot trial HERO reproduced a similar finding with bivalirudin, a synthetic peptide that directly inhibits free and clot-bound thrombin (89). When given concurrently with streptokinase, bivalirudin was more effective than UFH in producing early infarct-related artery patency (TIMI grade 3 flow) without increasing the risk of major bleeding.…”
Section: Direct Thrombin Inhibitorsmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…São úteis no tratamento da trombocitopenia induzida por heparina. Na síndrome coronariana aguda os estudos iniciais mostraram melhores índices de patência coronariana quando comparados com heparina não fracionada, sem excesso de sangramento (TIMI 5, MINT, HERO, GUSTO IIb) [274][275][276][277] , porém sem evidência de superioridade em desfechos clínicos nos estudos TIMI 9B, HIT-4 e HERO-2 [278][279][280] . O argatroban é um antitrombínico reversível de vida média curta e deve ser administrado por infusão contínua.…”
Section: -Antitrombínicos Diretosunclassified