REDUCING GLOBAL PERIOPERATIVE RISK
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The American Journal of Cardiology, and the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
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- In the aspirin group, there was a significant reduction in the composite outcome of death and MI (HR 0.50) and MI alone (HR 0.44).
- There was no significant difference in the incidence of major bleeding between the two groups.
- This study demonstrated that among patients with prior PCI undergoing noncardiac surgery, perioperative aspirin may be more likely to be beneficial in this subgroup.
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