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Use Of Streptokinase Injection After Heart Attack
Hi A paper from September in the J. of American College of Cardiology says that streptokinase injected in primary percutaneous coronary intervention is an effective treatment but didn`t report the time lasted after the heart attack .What you can say about it? Sincerely, Tavares Jr
Tue, 27 Oct 2009
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Hemant Jha's
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I have heard that the effect lasts for 6 months, and the second dose can be taken after six months.
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