new approaches for preventing a SECOND heart attack
December 2002
There are new approaches for preventing a SECOND heart attack.
About half of all patients who have a heart attack have a second one down the road. Most heart attack patients get an antiplatelet or anticoagulant drug to decrease this risk.
ASA is preferred... 81 to 325 mg daily decreases risk of a second heart attack by about 30%.
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