A patient on warfarin sodium following myocardial infarction reports for an oral surgical procedure which one of the following laboratory tests should be preferred to ascertain the fitness_______________?

A. Prothrombin time

B. Bleeding time

C. Tourniquet time

D. Clotting time

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