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How good is aspirin for patients with acute brain...

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How good is aspirin for patients with acute brain ischaemia?

Abstract

A new meta-analysis, which evaluated individual patient data from randomized trials of aspirin in patients with non-disabling acute brain ischaemia, found this drug to be much more efficacious at reducing early stroke recurrence than was previously estimated.

Authors

Hart RG; Eikelboom JW

Journal

Nature Reviews Neurology, Vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 434–435

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

August 1, 2016

DOI

10.1038/nrneurol.2016.97

ISSN

1759-4758

Associated Experts

John Eikelboom

Professor, FHSMED

Robert Hart

Professor Emeritus, FHSMED

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Fields of Research (FoR)

32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 3209 Neurosciences 3202 Clinical sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Acute Disease Aspirin Brain Ischemia Humans Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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