Dual antiplatelet treatment has been shown to lower the risk of recurrent stroke as compared with aspirin alone when treatment is initiated early (≤24 hours) after an acute mild stroke. The effect of ...

Interindividual Response Variability, Laboratory Variability or Aspirin 'Resistance'? Individual drug response is a multifactorial, highly variable trait, being the final phenotypic result of ...

ANAHEIM, CA — A new trial shows the combination of aspirin plus ticagrelor (Brilinta, AstraZeneca) resulted in significant improvement in saphenous vein graft (SVG) patency at 12 months compared with ...

An appropriate duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction that has been treated with guideline-recommended complete ...

Analysis of hospital registry data found that people who were hospitalized due to bleeding in the brain and who had taken multiple antiplatelet medications, or medications stronger than aspirin, were ...

People at high risk for recurrent cardiac events following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a procedure to open blocked arteries, experienced significantly better outcomes with clopidogrel ...