Thursday, 29 May 2014

Potentially Saving Lives With Prescribed Anti-Clotting Drug

Life just after a coronary artery stent to prop open a blood vessel depends on filling the prescription and taking anti-clotting drug within days of leaving the hospital, suggests a large study in the iJournal of the American Heart Association/i. The risk of heart attack and death is highest within the first 30 days for those who delay taking their medication than during long-term follow-up out to two years.Taking the drug clopidogrel plus aspirin is advised for a month ...

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