Identifying and reducing inappropriate aspirin use in primary care
Objective Recent studies have called into question the safety of aspirin use for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, particularly in older adults.
Li Li+5 more
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Can daily intake of aspirin and/or statins influence the behavior of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer? A retrospective study on a cohort of patients undergoing transurethral bladder resection [PDF]
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the behavior of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in patients submitted to transurethral bladder resection (TURB) comparing subjects in chronic therapy with aspirin, statins, or both drugs to untreated ...
Alessandro, Zucchi+9 more
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Model mass spectrometric study of competitive interactions of antimicrobial bisquaternary ammonium drugs and aspirin with membrane phospholipids [PDF]
The aim of the study is to reveal molecular mechanisms of possible activity modulation of antimicrobial bis-quaternary ammonium compounds (BQAC) and aspirin (ASP) through noncovalent competitive complexation under their combined introduction into the ...
Gömöry, Ágnes+3 more
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Major bleeding is linked to poorer outcomes following cardiac surgery. Current guidelines recommend continuation of aspirin prior to coronary artery by‐pass graft (CABG) but the effect of continuing aspirin in patients with prior indication for aspirin ...
Christopher Little+5 more
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Application of low dose aspirin in pre-eclampsia
Aspirin is widely used in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Low-dose aspirin is also widely used to prevent pre-eclampsia and fetal growth retardation in utero.
Yu Ren+4 more
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Apixaban Enhances Endogenous Fibrinolysis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.AIMS: Approximately 20% of ischaemic stroke patients exhibit spontaneous arterial recanalization, attributable to endogenous fibrinolysis, which ...
Arachchillage, Deepa RJ+7 more
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Background Our previous publication showed that 9% of patients with a history of myocardial infarction MI. could be labeled as aspirin resistant; all of these patients were aspirin resistant because of non-compliance.
Reeves Mathew+4 more
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Background Studies have indicated that individuals taking aspirin have a reduced risk of cancers and have also established chemo-preventive benefit of aspirin in colorectal cancer. However, research on the association between aspirin use and the survival
Min-Chun Chuang+6 more
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Aspirin and the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases. An Approach Based on Individualized, Integrated Estimation of Risk [PDF]
While the use of aspirin in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular (CVD) is well established, aspirin in primary prevention is not systematically recommended because the absolute CV event reduction is similar to the absolute excess in major bleedings.
Battistoni, Allegra+4 more
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Exploring the equity of GP practice prescribing rates for selected coronary heart disease drugs: a multiple regression analysis with proxies of healthcare need [PDF]
Background There is a small, but growing body of literature highlighting inequities in GP practice prescribing rates for many drug therapies. The aim of this paper is to further explore the equity of prescribing for five major CHD drug groups and to ...
A Gibson+77 more
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