Does a single daily dose of acetylsalicylic acid reduce reinfarction and total mortality in men with a recent myocardial infarction?
A single daily dose of aspirin in men with a recent myocardial infarction yielded inconclusive results for preventing reinfarction but suggested a potential reduction in total mortality at 6 and 12 months.
The results of a randomized controlled trial of a single daily dose of acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin) in the prevention of reinfarction in 1,239 men who had had a recent myocardial infarct were statistically inconclusive. Nevertheless, they showed a reduction in total mortality of 12% at six months and 25% at twelve months after admission to the trial. Further trials are urgently required to establish whether or not this effect is real.
Elwood et al. (Sat,) studied this question.