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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2011 Mar 21;107(10):1441–1446. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.01.020

Table 2.

Medications received within 24 hours of presentation and medication overdose during hospitalization

STEMI
NSTEMI
Previous Stroke No Previous Stroke p Value Previous Stroke No Previous Stroke p Value
Aspirin 97.3% 98.5% 0.0420 95.0% 97.0% <0.0001
Clopidogrel 81.2% 88.0% <0.0001 57.1% 61.6% 0.0002
β Blocker 95.2% 96.6% 0.0561 92.5% 93.6% 0.0741
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker 54.7% 58.4% 0.0744 55.1% 51.0% 0.0002
Statin 62.4% 68.9% 0.0001 57.2% 59.2% 0.0994
Glycoprotein Iib/IIIa inhibitor 60.9% 76.2% <0.0001 32.0% 46.8% <0.0001
Unfractionated heparin 72.6% 79.2% <0.0001 54.2% 56.9% 0.0139
Low-molecular-weight heparin 19.9% 16.0% 0.0035 40.7% 40.6% 0.8937
Direct thrombin inhibitor 12.2% 10.9% 0.1444 9.7% 11.9% 0.0051
Medication overdose
 Unfractionated heparin 30.3% 27.2 0.0231
 Low-molecular-weight heparin 13.8% 13.5% 0.8271
 Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor 24.1% 8.2% <0.0001 20.6% 9.7% <0.0001