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Saturday 9 March 2013

Lack of Aspirin Before Heart Operation Linked With Death Risk

Patients who were not given aspirin before artery-clearing coronary angioplasty were found to have a significantly higher in-hospital death rate, shows research. Aspirin use before angioplasty is a Class I recommendation of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, the highest level of evidence for ACC/AHA guidelines. Aspirin has well-documented anti-platelet activity in reducing the risk of cardiac events. Researchers ...


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