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Mixed Results for Anti-Clotting Drugs in Heart Attacks

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By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency treatment with two different anti-clotting drugs doesn't help much when someone who suffers a heart attack can't get a quick artery-opening procedure, new research shows.

On a brighter note, a third anti-clotting agent does improve results of such a procedure after a heart attack, another study finds.