People who have had a stroke are often prescribed a daily aspirin to help prevent future strokes. But aspirin may not target the underlying cause of lacunar ischemic strokes, a common type of stroke ...

In a large, long-term trial, cilostazol was as effective as aspirin at preventing recurrent stroke and was associated with fewer hemorrhages. Antiplatelet drugs have an established role in secondary ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(4):433-439. Another important trial that needs discussion is the ROCKET AF trial. ROCKET AF studied 14,264 patients with nonvalvular AF and compared the Factor Xa ...

Stroke in postmyocardial infarction patients can cause death or disability. The aspirin dosage needed to prevent strokes in high-risk patients is uncertain because studies of the relationship between ...

Giving a P2Y12 inhibitor anti-clotting drug to patients with coronary artery disease is associated with lower rates of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke compared with traditional aspirin, ...

Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have had one, but the risks don't outweigh the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Safety and efficacy of aspirin did not differ for men vs. women with atherosclerotic heart disease. Women ...

Mukul Sharma, Raed Joundi and Ashkan Shoamanesh discuss the causes of strokes alongside current and emerging approaches to ...

Daily aspirin should not be treated as a general habit. Whether it is useful depends on why a person is taking it and how the ...