A 65-year-old female is evaluated in the hospital following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement to the left anterior descending artery (LAD). She presented 4 hours ago with findings of an anterior myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by heart failure. Which of the following medications should be initiated or continued in this patient to optimize outcomes after PCI?
a) Intravenous nitrates
b) Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel
c) Intravenous beta-blocker
d) Statin therapy
