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Medications to Help Prevent a Heart Attack
Medications can play an important role in heart attack prevention. Find out how medications can reduce the risk of having a heart attack and how to manage your medications so you get the most out of treatment.
Understanding heart attack
Are you at risk for heart attack?
Preventing heart attack
- What you can do: overview
- Take low-dose ASA, if it is recommended by your doctor
- Take your medications as directed by your doctor
- Manage your medical conditions
- Live an active and healthy life
Heart attack treatments
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Health features
- Heart Attack Prevention: Get a Head Start
- Heart Attack Prevention: Options for Women
- Medications to Help Prevent a Heart Attack
- The Heart Attack Prevention Lifestyle
- Active Living
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Related medications
- acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (Entrophen)
- tirofiban (Aggrastat)
- warfarin sodium (Coumadin)
- heparin (Heparin (Leo))
- clopidogrel (Plavix)
Related conditions
- Angina (Angina Pectoris)
- Angioplasty (Heart Artery Dilation · PCTA · PCI · Balloon Angioplasty)
- Arrhythmias (Abnormal Heart Rhythms · Dysrhythmia)
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF · Heart Failure)
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD · Heart Disease)
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About This Channel
Every year, about 70,000 Canadians suffer a heart attack, and approximately 19,000 die from it. Learn more about heart attack warning signs and what you can do to prevent a heart attack.
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