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Thrombolytics for Heart Attack and Unstable Angina
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Thrombolytics are used to treat some people who are having a Reference heart attack Opens New Window. They are typically given in a vein (intravenously, or IV). These drugs dissolve or break up blood clots that are blocking blood flow through a coronary artery. Clots cause most heart attacks.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: April 29, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Reference Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology |
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