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Best evidence topic report
Immediate anticoagulant management of unstable angina
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Clinical scenario
A 45 year old man attends the emergency department with 30 minutes of chest pain. An ECG shows ST segment depression in the inferior leads. You wonder whether he should be treated with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or a glycoprotein IIa/IIIb complex inhibitor.
Three part question
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