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 end up getting an antiplatelet or anticoagulant drug to decrease this risk.
Aspirin is preferred...81 to 325 mg daily decreases risk of a second heart attack by about 30%.
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