Drugs that dissolve blood clots in heart attack patients save thousands of lives every year. However, a new study questions whether these powerful, so-called clot busters are safe for the oldest heart patients.
Researchers reviewed the medical histories of 2,659 heart attack patients admitted to 37 Minnesota hospitals during the 1990s.
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