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This double- blind, randomized trial investigated the potential of Hirulog, a direct thrombin inhibitor, to improve the early patency rates obtained with streptokinase and aspirin.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>Angiographic patency of the culprit coronary artery lesion was assessed 90 and 120 minutes after the initiation of streptokinase and aspirin and again after 4\u00b12 days in 68 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Patients were randomized to Hirulog 0.5 mg\/kg per hour for 12 hours followed by 0.1 mg\/kg per hour (low dose), Hirulog 1.0 mg\/kg per hour for 12 hours followed by placebo (high dose), or to heparin 5000 U bolus followed by 1000 U\/h titrated to an activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) 2 to 2.5 times control after 12 hours. At 90 minutes, TIMI flow grade 2 or 3 was observed in 96% of patients treated with the low dose of Hirulog, in 79% with the high dose, and in 46% with heparin (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.006) and TIMI flow grade 3 was observed in 85%, 61%, and 31% of patients, respectively (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.008). At 120 minutes, these figures were 100%, 82%, and 62% for TIMI flow grades 2 and 3 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.046) and 92%, 68%, and 46% for TIMI flow grade 3 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.014). At 90 minutes, the relative risk for restoring TIMI flow grade 3 was 2.77 with Hirulog 0.5 mg\/kg per hour compared with heparin (95% confidence limits, 1.21 to 6.35;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.001) and 1.4 compared with Hirulog 1.0 mg\/kg per minute (95% confidence limits, 1.00 to 1.51;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=.04). Patients who received a placebo infusion after 12 hours experienced more clinical events and reocclusion during the following 4 days than patients in the other two groups.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>Hirulog yields higher early patency rates in the culprit coronary artery than heparin when used as adjunctive therapy to streptokinase and aspirin in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction. 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