Question

A 64-year-old woman with suspected NSTEMI arrives 45 minutes after symptom onset. Initial troponin is negative, ECG nonspecific. Best immediate antithrombotic?

Accepted Answer

Aspirin 325 mg chewed

Answer

Clopidogrel 600 mg load only

Answer

Apixaban 10 mg

Answer

No antiplatelet until troponin positive

Answer

Warfarin load

Practice question

A 64-year-old woman with suspected NSTEMI arrives 45 minutes after symptom onset. Initial troponin is negative, ECG nonspecific. Best immediate antithrombotic?