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