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f) Aspirin
Yes
This is the most widely used platelet inhibitor and no other anti-platelet
agent has a more impressive risk-benefit and cost-benefit ratio. Aspirin
works by blocking cyclooxygenase, which converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins,
which will later be converted to thromboxane A2. In patients admitted
for unstable angina there can be as much as a 51% reduction in fatal and
nonfatal MI (7).
There may be more than one
correct answer for this decision point.
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