Listen Your friend experiences angina pectoris and takes 3 doses of sublingual nitroglycerin to try and resolve the pain. The medication does not work, so he calls an ambulance and takes a dose of aspirin. After arriving at the hospital, he is diagnosed with a type 1 MI and is given alteplase. Which of the following statements regarding this scenario are TRUE? There are two correct answers. Question 9 options: Using a beta blocker promptly after the occurrence of a type 2 MI will reduce the myocardial damage resulting from the disrupted coronary blood flow and will always prevent the genesis of heart failure & dysrhythmias post-MI if it is used properly Aspirin and alteplase affect hemostasis and fibrinolysis, respectively. In this way, aspirin prevents additional clots or the causative clot from worsening while alteplase dissolves the causative clot Nitroglycerin, aspirin, and alteplase are all always part of the standard acute treatments for a myocardial infarction and all three are necessary to prevent excessive damage in the case of a type 1 MI The nitroglycerin is a vasodilator that was intended to dilate the coronary arteries to relieve the angina, however, it typically does not work if the chest pain is due to an MI
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