Journal article
Comparison of high-dose with low-dose aspirin in patients with mechanical heart valve replacement treated with oral anticoagulant.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are no reported studies on the safety and efficacy of low-dose aspirin with low-intensity oral anticoagulation in patients with heart valve replacement. In this study, we compared the use of 100 mg/d aspirin with 650 mg/d aspirin in the prevention of systemic embolism and vascular death in patients with heart valve replacement who were being treated with oral anticoagulants with a target international normalized ratio (INR) of …
Authors
Altman RL; Rouvier J; Gurfinkel E; Scazziota A; Turpie AGG
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 94, No. 9, pp. 2113–2116
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 1996
DOI
10.1161/01.cir.94.9.2113
ISSN
0009-7322