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Aspirin, Bleeding and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Elderly

The ASCEND and ARRIVE trials -presented at the European Cardiology Congress and published in The New England...

Antiaggregation Time after Treating Bifurcations

Defining dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) seems a never-ending story. We go from trials showing the safety of...

ESC 2018 | GLOBAL LEADERS: Ticagrelor Monotherapy Is Not Superior to Classic Therapies After Angioplasty

Dropping aspirin after the first month and continuing with ticagrelor monotherapy was not better than standard dual...

ESC 2018 | ARRIVE: Aspirin in the Eye of the Storm of Primary Prevention

Aspirin failed to reach the primary endpoint in a population that was at risk of experiencing cardiovascular...

ESC 2018 | ASCEND: Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Diabetic Patients Fails the Cost-Benefit Analysis

The obvious risk of bleeding posed by aspirin was too clear in this work, casting a shadow...

Can We Prevent Cardiovascular Events without Aspirin?

As regards the use of antithrombotic agents, the risk of bleeding will always be an issue, and...

First Results for Ticagrelor in Elective Coronary Angioplasty

This is one of the first studies on the use of ticagrelor in patients with stable coronary...

What Antiplatelet Therapy Should We Use in Patients with Stroke/TIA? Interesting Results for the POINT Trial

Courtesy of Dr. Alejandro Lakowsky, MTSAC (Full Member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology) The New England Journal...