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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Percutaneous coronary intervention is a procedure that uses a catheter and usually a stent to open a narrowed heart artery and restore blood flow. The evidence is strongest for bivalirudin, which brought less major bleeding than heparin plus another clot-blocking drug, and eptifibatide, after which fewer people had a death or heart attack following stenting. Eptifibatide's findings came from one trial of about 2,000 people followed for six months.

Sources: PMID 21700252; PMID 20598998

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Bivalirudin: outcomes studied for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
GradeOutcomeEffectSizeStudiesPeopleStudies list
Net Adverse Clinical Events

HORIZONS-AMI: NACE 9.2% vs 12.1% with heparin+GPI at 30 days. ACUITY: Similar ischemic outcomes with reduced bleeding. 1-year follow-up confirmed sustained benefit. Net clinical benefit driven primarily by bleeding reduction.

Improves (the measure goes down)Moderate effect79 studies
Major Bleeding Reduction

HORIZONS-AMI: Major bleeding 4.9% vs 8.3% with heparin+GPI (P<0.001). ACUITY: 47% relative reduction in major bleeding. REPLACE-2: Significantly lower bleeding with bivalirudin monotherapy. Consistent across 25,000+ patients in pooled analyses.

Improves (the measure goes down)Large effect75 studies
Acute Stent Thrombosis

SAFETY CONCERN: HORIZONS-AMI: Higher acute stent thrombosis within 24h (1.3% vs 0.3%, P<0.001). HEAT-PPCI: Stent thrombosis 3.4% vs 0.9% with heparin. Mitigated by post-PCI bivalirudin infusion (BRIGHT trial). ESC guidelines downgraded to Class IIb in 2018.

Worsens (the measure goes down)Small effect79 studies
Mortality

HORIZONS-AMI: 1-year all-cause mortality 3.5% vs 4.8% (P=0.037). Cardiac mortality 2.1% vs 3.1% (P=0.047). VALIDATE-SWEDEHEART: No mortality difference vs heparin alone at 180 days. Mortality benefit may relate to bleeding reduction.

Improves (the measure goes down)Moderate effect76 studies
Eptifibatide (Integrilin): outcomes studied for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
GradeOutcomeEffectSizeStudiesPeopleStudies list
Death/MI After PCI Stenting

ESPRIT (n=2,064): Death/MI/TVR 7.5% vs 11.5% at 6 months (HR 0.63, P=0.002). MI reduced at 48h from 9% to 5.4% (P=0.0015). 37% relative risk reduction. Double-bolus regimen.

Improves (the measure goes down)Moderate effect21 studies

Key findings

  • Net Adverse Clinical EventsBivalirudinImproves (the measure goes down)
  • Major Bleeding ReductionBivalirudinImproves (the measure goes down)
  • Death/MI After PCI StentingEptifibatide (Integrilin)Improves (the measure goes down)

Safety notes in the studies

  • 37% relative risk reduction.

Studies cited

94 studies from PubMed

  1. Safety and efficacy of adjunctive tirofiban and eptifibatide in acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 2026 · PMID 41500359
  2. Bivalirudin anticoagulation for cardiopulmonary bypass during cardiac surgery.Perfusion, 2025 · PMID 38084653
  3. The efficacy and safety of bivalirudin and heparin in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews, 2025 · PMID 39930484
  4. Effectiveness and safety of bivalirudin anticoagulation therapy in adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine, 2025 · PMID 40826747
  5. Eptifibatide as an adjuvant therapy to thrombolysis versus thrombolysis alone in stroke management: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2025 · PMID 40544389
  6. Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 2024 · PMID 37872022
  7. Meta-Analysis Comparing Bivalirudin Versus. Unfractionated Heparin in Adult Patients With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.Journal of pharmacy practice, 2024 · PMID 36449392
  8. Bivalirudin versus heparin in contemporary percutaneous coronary interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cardiology journal, 2024 · PMID 37964648
  9. Intraoperative Bivalirudin Use in Patient Undergoing Femoral Endarterectomy with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Case Report and Review of the Literature.Vascular and endovascular surgery, 2024 · PMID 38016142
  10. Heparin Versus Bivalirudin for Anticoagulation in Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2023 · PMID 36355803
  11. A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Eptifibatide Bolus Only Versus Bolus Plus Infusion In Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention For ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 2023 · PMID 36737382
  12. Bivalirudin anticoagulation in neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery.Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 2022 · PMID 35817672
  13. Is bivalirudin an alternative anticoagulant for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Thrombosis research, 2022 · PMID 35007937
  14. Bivalirudin versus heparin in adult and pediatric patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pharmacological research, 2022 · PMID 35065202
  15. Intracoronary eptifibatide with vasodilators to prevent no-reflow in diabetic STEMI with high thrombus burden. A randomized trial.Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.), 2022 · PMID 35039226
  16. Efficacy outcomes and safety measures of intravenous tirofiban or eptifibatide for patients with acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2022 · PMID 34780001
  17. Dose estimation for bivalirudin during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass.Paediatric anaesthesia, 2021 · PMID 33423355
  18. A Review of Bivalirudin for Pediatric and Adult Mechanical Circulatory Support.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions, 2021 · PMID 33174088
  19. Practicability of Bivalirudin plus Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2021 · PMID 34775846
  20. Efficacy and Safety of Abbreviated Eptifibatide Treatment in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.The American journal of cardiology, 2021 · PMID 33065082
  21. The Use of Bivalirudin in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and in the Interventional Cardiology Suite.Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 2020 · PMID 32127273
  22. Bivalirudin Versus Heparin During Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets, 2020 · PMID 31241442
  23. Meta-analysis of bivalirudin versus heparin in transradial coronary interventions.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 2020 · PMID 32091668
  24. Clinical Outcomes of Bivalirudin Versus Heparin in Elderly Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy, 2020 · PMID 32100149
  25. Clinical Evaluation of the Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Inhibition of Platelet Aggregation of Eptifibatide in Healthy Chinese Subjects.Clinical pharmacology in drug development, 2020 · PMID 31197974
  26. Antiplatelet agents'-ticagrelol and eptifibatide-safety in experimental colitis in mice.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, 2020 · PMID 32721916
  27. Thrombocytopenia and Thromboses in Myocardial Infarction Associated with Eptifibatide-Dependent Activating Antiplatelet Antibodies.Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2020 · PMID 32483771
  28. Co-administration of iloprost and eptifibatide in septic shock (CO-ILEPSS)-a randomised, controlled, double-blind investigator-initiated trial investigating safety and efficacy.Critical care (London, England), 2019 · PMID 31488213
  29. Effects of Crushed Ticagrelor Versus Eptifibatide Bolus Plus Clopidogrel in Troponin-Negative Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019 · PMID 31766977
  30. Efficacy and safety of bivalirudin for percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2018 · PMID 29654437
  31. Bivalirudin versus Heparin Monotherapy in Myocardial InfarctionN Engl J Med, 2017 · PMID 28844201
  32. Bivalirudin versus Heparin plus Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Women Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.PloS one, 2017 · PMID 28095453
  33. Bivalirudin versus heparin in women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 2017 · PMID 28291727
  34. Gender-based outcomes of bivalirudin versus heparin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 2017 · PMID 28339139
  35. Bivalirudin versus heparin in patients undergoing percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of interventional cardiology, 2017 · PMID 28833456
  36. Efficacy and safety of eptifibatide versus tirofiban in acute coronary syndrome patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of evidence-based medicine, 2017 · PMID 28449419
  37. Prediction of 1-year mortality and impact of bivalirudin therapy according to level of baseline risk: A patient-level pooled analysis from three randomized trialsAm Heart J, 2016 · PMID 26624854
  38. Bivalirudin as an adjunctive anticoagulant to heparin in the treatment of heparin resistance during cardiopulmonary bypass-assisted cardiac surgery.Perfusion, 2016 · PMID 25934498
  39. Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin for percutaneous coronary intervention with radial access: A meta-analysis of randomized trials.International journal of cardiology, 2016 · PMID 27153137
  40. Bivalirudin Versus Unfractionated Heparin in Acute Coronary Syndromes: An Updated Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials.Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.), 2016 · PMID 27198128
  41. Bivalirudin vs heparin with or without tirofiban during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: the BRIGHT randomized clinical trialJAMA, 2015 · PMID 25775052
  42. Bivalirudin versus heparin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis of randomized trials.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 2015 · PMID 25913723
  43. Bivalirudin versus heparin in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of randomised trials.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 2015 · PMID 25102830
  44. Bivalirudin Anticoagulant Therapy With or Without Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors During Transcatheter Coronary Interventional Procedures: A Meta-Analysis.Medicine, 2015 · PMID 26266343
  45. Unfractionated heparin versus bivalirudin in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (HEAT-PPCI): an open-label, single centre, randomised controlled trialLancet, 2014 · PMID 25002178
  46. Bivalirudin versus heparin in patients planned for percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Lancet (London, England), 2014 · PMID 25131979
  47. Bivalirudin versus heparin for percutaneous coronary intervention: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 2014 · PMID 25440505
  48. Is eptifibatide a safe and effective rescue therapy in thromboembolic events complicating cerebral aneurysm coil embolization? Single-center experience in 42 cases and review of the literature.Neuroradiology, 2014 · PMID 24281387
  49. Bleeding risk and safety profile related to the use of eptifibatide: a current reviewExpert Opin Drug Saf, 2012 · PMID 22233272
  50. Impact of bleeding on mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention results from a patient-level pooled analysis of the REPLACE-2, ACUITY, and HORIZONS-AMI trialsJACC Cardiovasc Interv, 2011 · PMID 21700252
  51. Bivalirudin utilization in cardiac surgery: shifting anticoagulation from indirect to direct thrombin inhibition.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 2011 · PMID 21136312
  52. The kinetics of integrilin limited by obesity: a multicenter randomized pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic clinical trial.American heart journal, 2011 · PMID 22137072
  53. Bivalirudin: a review of the pharmacology and clinical application.Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 2010 · PMID 21108549
  54. Prolonged infusion of eptifibatide as bridge therapy between bare-metal stent insertion and cardiovascular surgery: case report and review of the literature.Pharmacotherapy, 2010 · PMID 20334463
  55. Comparison by meta-analysis of eptifibatide and tirofiban to abciximab in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.The American journal of cardiology, 2010 · PMID 20598998
  56. Bivalirudin in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (HORIZONS-AMI): 1-year results of a randomised controlled trialLancet, 2009 · PMID 19717185
  57. Safety of eptifibatide for subcortical stroke progression.Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2009 · PMID 19844100
  58. Primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty with and without eptifibatide in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a safety and efficacy study of integrilin-facilitated versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (ASSIST).Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions, 2009 · PMID 20031736
  59. Safety and efficacy of bivalirudin with and without glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention 1-year results from the ACUITY trialCirculation, 2008 · PMID 18755342
  60. BivalirudinThromb Haemost, 2008 · PMID 18449412
  61. EptifibatideExpert Opin Pharmacother, 2008 · PMID 31082110
  62. Bivalirudin in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a subgroup analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategy (ACUITY) trialLancet, 2007 · PMID 17368152
  63. A review of clinical trials with eptifibatide in cardiology.Cardiovascular drug reviews, 2007 · PMID 18078431
  64. Early initiation of eptifibatide in the emergency department before primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: results of the Time to Integrilin Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TITAN)-TIMI 34 trial.American heart journal, 2006 · PMID 16996831
  65. Early eptifibatide improves TIMI 3 patency before primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction: results of the randomized integrilin in acute myocardial infarction (INTAMI) pilot trial.European heart journal, 2005 · PMID 15857851
  66. Administration of intracoronary eptifibatide during ST-elevation myocardial infarction.The American journal of cardiology, 2005 · PMID 16310428
  67. Eptifibatide: a review of its use in patients with acute coronary syndromes and/or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.Drugs, 2005 · PMID 16162023
  68. Association between platelet receptor occupancy after eptifibatide (integrilin) therapy and patency, myocardial perfusion, and ST-segment resolution among patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: an INTEGRITI (Integrilin and Tenecteplase in Acute Myocardial Infarction) substudy.Circulation, 2004 · PMID 15262838
  69. Bivalirudin provides increasing benefit with decreasing renal function: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.The American journal of cardiology, 2003 · PMID 14556866
  70. Combination reperfusion therapy with eptifibatide and reduced-dose tenecteplase for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results of the integrilin and tenecteplase in acute myocardial infarction (INTEGRITI) Phase II Angiographic Trial.Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003 · PMID 12706917
  71. Safety of concomitant therapy with eptifibatide and enoxaparin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results of the Coronary Revascularization Using Integrilin and Single bolus Enoxaparin Study.Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003 · PMID 12570939
  72. Eptifibatide-induced acute profound thrombocytopenia presenting as refractory hypotension.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 2003 · PMID 12508202
  73. Eptifibatide: a pharmacoeconomic review of its use in percutaneous coronary intervention and acute coronary syndromes.PharmacoEconomics, 2003 · PMID 12908844
  74. Bivalirudin: a review of its use in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventionDrugs, 2002 · PMID 16114983
  75. Bivalirudin: a review of its potential place in the management of acute coronary syndromes.Drugs, 2002 · PMID 11929334
  76. Eptifibatide and low-dose tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction: the integrilin and low-dose thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction (INTRO AMI) trial.Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002 · PMID 11823073
  77. Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade with integrilin (eptifibatide) for early postinfarction angina in a patient with coronary arterial ectasia.Cardiovascular journal of South Africa : official journal for Southern Africa Cardiac Society [and] South African Society of Cardiac Practitioners, 2002 · PMID 12193965
  78. Eptifibatide in percutaneous coronary intervention. A review.Minerva cardioangiologica, 2002 · PMID 12384635
  79. Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa integrin blockade with eptifibatide in coronary stent intervention: the ESPRIT trial: a randomized controlled trialJAMA, 2001 · PMID 11368699
  80. Attenuation of rebound ischemia after discontinuation of heparin therapy by glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition with eptifibatide in patients with acute coronary syndromes: observations from the platelet IIb/IIIa in unstable angina: receptor suppression using integrilin therapy (PURSUIT) trial.Circulation, 2001 · PMID 11733393
  81. Meta-analysis of effectiveness and safety of abciximab versus eptifibatide or tirofiban in percutaneous coronary intervention.The American journal of cardiology, 2001 · PMID 11230835
  82. The use of bivalirudin in patients with renal impairment.The Journal of invasive cardiology, 2000 · PMID 11156732
  83. Novel dosing regimen of eptifibatide in planned coronary stent implantation (ESPRIT): a randomised, placebo-controlled trialLancet, 2000 · PMID 11145489
  84. Early percutaneous coronary intervention, platelet inhibition with eptifibatide, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes. PURSUIT InvestigatorsCirculation, 2000 · PMID 10683348
  85. Recurrent ischemia during continuous 12-lead ECG-ischemia monitoring in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with eptifibatide: relation with death and myocardial infarction. PURSUIT ECG-Ischemia Monitoring Substudy Investigators. Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Unstable angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy.Journal of electrocardiology, 2000 · PMID 10819406
  86. Eptifibatide: a review of its use in patients with acute coronary syndromes and/or undergoing percutaneous coronary interventionDrugs, 1999 · PMID 10193692
  87. Clinical outcomes after detection of elevated cardiac enzymes in patients undergoing percutaneous intervention. IMPACT-II Investigators. Integrilin (eptifibatide) to Minimize Platelet Aggregation and Coronary Thrombosis-II.Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1999 · PMID 9935014
  88. Inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa with eptifibatide in patients with acute coronary syndromesN Engl J Med, 1998 · PMID 9705684
  89. Modifiable risk factors for vascular access site complications in the IMPACT II Trial of angioplasty with versus without eptifibatideJ Am Coll Cardiol, 1998 · PMID 9626829
  90. Randomised placebo-controlled trial of effect of eptifibatide on complications of percutaneous coronary intervention: IMPACT-IILancet, 1997 · PMID 9164315
  91. Design and methodology of the PURSUIT trial: evaluating eptifibatide for acute ischemic coronary syndromesAm Heart J, 1997 · PMID 9291244
  92. Combined accelerated tissue-plasminogen activator and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa integrin receptor blockade with Integrilin in acute myocardial infarction. Results of a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial. IMPACT-AMI Investigators.Circulation, 1997 · PMID 9054741
  93. Primary and secondary safety endpoints from IMPACT II. Integrilin to Minimize Platelet Aggregation and Coronary Thrombosis.The American journal of cardiology, 1997 · PMID 9291243
  94. Impact of eptifibatide on early ischemic events in acute ischemic coronary syndromes: a review of the IMPACT II trial. Integrilin to Minimize Platelet Aggregation and Coronary Thrombosis.The American journal of cardiology, 1997 · PMID 9291242