The role of anticoagulation in acute myocardial infarction.
The rule of anticoagulation therapy in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction has been debated for decades. The role of such therapy in reducing mortality, preventing deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli, and in reducing the frequency of left ventricular thrombus formation and subsequent systemic embolization is discussed.
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy; D011897:Random Allocation
D000925:Anticoagulants