Comment by caycep

these antiplatelets help a little bit w/ overall risk reduction after a heart attack, I'd say, but the big game changer would be a clot buster like an injectable version of alteplase/tenecteplase or something like that. The caveat is that the better it is at reversing clots, the higher risk of hemorrhage; alteplase/tenecteplase is typically given in a critical care/emergency Dept setting w/ surgery/intensivists hovering over the patient...