Why is antiplatelet therapy used to prevent heart attack? What ...

[ssal]

Why is antiplatelet therapy used to prevent heart attack?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

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

[shailee]

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.

[ssal]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[sarah_brady415]

Gracias!