September 16, 2018Open Access
Effect of Aspirin on Cardiovascular Events and Bleeding in the Healthy Elderly
PICO estructurado
Does low-dose aspirin prevent cardiovascular disease in healthy older adults?
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Población
Healthy older adults
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Intervención
Low-dose aspirin
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Comparador
Placebo
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Resultado
Cardiovascular disease and major hemorrhagehard clinical
Low-dose aspirin is not effective for primary cardiovascular prevention in healthy older adults and significantly increases the risk of major hemorrhage.
Resumen
The use of low-dose aspirin as a primary prevention strategy in older adults resulted in a significantly higher risk of major hemorrhage and did not result in a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease than placebo. (Funded by the National Institute on Aging and others; ASPREE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01038583 .).
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Authors
John J. McNeil
General Cardiology
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Rory Wolfe
Preventive Cardiology
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Robyn L. Woods
Preventive Cardiology
Journals
New England Journal of Medicine
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Institutions
University of Minnesota
The University of Melbourne
Brown University
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