heart and blood vessel disorders
Drug Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
Antiplatelet drugs
People who think they may be having a heart attack should chew anaspirintablet immediately after calling an ambulance. Ifaspirinis not taken at home or given by emergency personnel, it is immediately given at the hospital. This therapy improves the chances of survival by reducing the size of the clot (if present) in the coronary artery. People may also be given other types of antiplatelet drugs such asclopidogrel,ticlopidine, orticagrelortaken by mouth, or glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors given by vein (intravenously). 