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No statistically significant differences between two groups were observed in major adverse cardiac event rate at 30 days (11.1 vs. 8.9%, p=0.56). The occurrence of the primary safety end point was lower in bivalirudin group (1.5 vs. 9.9%; p= 0.0001) and, this benefit, was essentially driven by the prevention of entry-site hematomas >10cm (0.5% vs. 6.9%, p=0.002). In conclusion, bivalirudin induces significantly lower bleeding and has a similar incidence of major adverse cardiac events in elderly patients, in patients with diabetes mellitus, or chronic renal failure undergoing PCI. Novel Approaches in Preventing and Limiting Events III Trial: Bivalirudin in High-Risk Bleeding Patients (NAPLES) III study assessed the safety and the efficacy of bivalirudin compared with UFH alone in the subset of patients at increased risk of bleeding undergoing elective PCI by femoral access. NAPLES III was a single-center double-blind trial comparing UFH to bivalirudin Pramipexole EX 527 mw in patients undergoing elective PCI who had negative biomarkers but an high bleeding risk31. The primary endpoint was the rate of in-hospital major bleeding and no significant differences were observed among two groups (2.6 vs. 3.3%; p=0.54). The results of this randomized study suggested that there was no difference in major bleeding rate between bivalirudin and UFH in increased-risk patients undergoing transfemoral PCI. As suggested by latest ESC guideline on myocardial revascularization among PCI patients with negative biomarkers, bivalirudin reduced bleeding without affecting mortality and might therefore be considered for use in patients at high risk for bleeding32. Screening Library VI.?META-ANALYSES Several meta-analyses have been recently published in order to clarify the role of bivalirudin for patients undergoing PCI in different setting of patients. Cavender and Sabatine performed a meta-analysis of 16 studies enrolling patients for planned PCI and randomly assigned to bivalirudin or heparin (UFH or low-molecular weight heparin) with or without a GPI33. The primary efficacy endpoint was the incidence of major adverse cardiac events up to 30 days. Secondary efficacy endpoints were death, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularisation, and stent thrombosis. The primary safety endpoint was major bleeding up to 30 days. Bivalirudin use was associated with an high risk of major adverse cardiac events (RR 1.09, 95% CI 1.01�C1.17; p=0.0204), driven by an increases in myocardial infarction (1.12, 1.03�C1.23) and ischaemia-driven revascularisation (1.16, 0.997�C1.34) as compared with heparin, with no effect on mortality (0.99, 0.82�C1.18). Furthermore, bivalirudin patients showed an increased risk of stent thrombosis (RR 1.38, 95% CI 1.09�C1.74; p=0.0074), which was primarily due to an increase in acute cases in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (4.27, 2.28�C8.00; p