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Mr. Arnold is a 54-year-old male admitted with an acute myocardial infarction. His treatment plan includes aspirin 325 mg chew and swallow and an IV infusion of heparin and alteplase (Activase) to infuse over 2 hours.
why wasnt coumadin was not used to treat
mr.arnold?
The role of antithrombotic therapy in secondary prevention after myocardial infarction is well established
Need to prevent further damage due to MI. That's y DNA recombinant technology drug were used...
Alteplase is better choice because