Therapy

Why?

• It reduces formation of mural thrombi and subsequent emboli. ^a

Anticoagulation and thrombolysis reduce mural thrombosis in anterior MI

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
anterior MI a	anticoagulation	placebo	mural thrombus at days	40%	0.32 (0.20 to 0.52)	4 (4 to 7)
	anticoagulation	placebo	emboli from mural thrombus at days	2%	0.14 (0.04 to 0.52)	58 (52 to 110)
	thrombolysis	placebo	mural thrombus at days	40%	0.48 (0.29 to 0.79)	6 (4 to 18)