Heparin

Patients with CAD were no more likely to experience major bleeding or adverse CV events after transcatheter aortic valve replacement compared with patients without CAD, according to a post hoc analysis of data from the BRAVO-3 study.

CHICAGO — In patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI, mostly with radial artery access, anticoagulation with bivalirudin reduced death and major bleeding at 30 days compared with heparin, according to the results of the BRIGHT-4 trial.

Anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin vs. no treatment for radial artery occlusion.

Patients with an allergic inflammatory skin reaction to subcutaneous heparin generally tolerated IV administration of the medication, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

For prevention of venous thromboembolism after noncardiac surgery, direct oral anticoagulants may be preferred over low-molecular-weight heparin, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Therapeutic-dose low-molecular-weight heparin decreased the likelihood of blood clots and death compared with standard of care among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Patients with acute pancreatitis had significantly increased levels of heparin that were far greater than previously reported in other conditions, according to a study published in BMC Gastroenterology.

Therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin increased the likelihood of survival among noncritically ill patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

New research showed that hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who received therapeutic full-dose heparin were less likely to die than those who received prophylactic low-dose heparin. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.

Early administration of full-dose heparin slowed the thrombo-inflammatory process and reduced the risk for severe disease and death among moderately ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19, according to a study published in MedRxiv.