Aspirin appears to help lower risk of stroke for patients with peripheral artery disease
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 20:14
in Health & Medicine
An analysis of previous studies indicates that among patients with peripheral artery disease, aspirin use is associated with a statistically nonsignificant decrease in the risk of a group of combined cardiovascular events (nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke, and cardiovascular death), but is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of one of these events, nonfatal stroke, although the findings may be limited by the lack of a large study population, according to an article in the 13 May issue of JAMA...
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