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ssal

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Why is antiplatelet therapy used to prevent heart attack?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Translate the phrase percutaneous coronary intervention in layman's terms.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Inflammatory responses at the vascular level incite platelet clumping. Antiplatelet therapy hinders platelets' ability to stick together and propagate the coagulation cascade. Interfering with platelet clumping lessens the chance of a platelet plug occluding a coronary artery and thereby prevents a heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Answer to Question 2

percutaneous: by way of the skin or through the skin
coronary: the heart
intervention: to stop or prevent a bad outcome
PCI is a procedure that treats coronary disease by accessing the heart with catheters threaded through a small incision in the skin as opposed to a full surgical incision.


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