Among patients with A-fib who are treated for ACS or undergo elective PCI, it’s possible that some will benefit from up to 30 days of aspirin on top of a P2Y12 inhibitor and oral anticoagulant, post ...

Long-term aspirin use doesn't lower risk of stroke for some a-fib patients. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 05 / 170514075052.htm ...

At 2 years, the rates of permanent discontinuation of the study medication were 17.9% per year in the apixaban group and 20.5% per year in the aspirin group; the risk of permanent discontinuation ...

The anticoagulants apixaban and dabigatran do not cause more bleeding than aspirin when treating stroke or atrial fibrillation, according to an analysis of randomized clinical trials published in ...

Q: My doctor is recommending that I take a blood thinner to reduce my risk of a stroke, because I have mild A-Fib. I already take aspirin. Why do I ...

Q: My doctor is recommending that I take a blood thinner to reduce my risk of a stroke, because I have mild A-Fib. I already take aspirin. Why do I ...

Up to 15% of older adults may be routinely taking aspirin for primary prevention, and most of them understand the excess ...

I had atrial fibrillation (AFib) at age 75, which appears to have abated after two ablations; this was confirmed by Holter monitoring for two weeks, then an additional week last year. Additionally ...

Aspirin, an anti-platelet drug, is appropriate for some people with AFib at a low risk for stroke, but it is not as effective at reducing stroke as anticoagulation.

But risk of major bleeding counterbalanced that benefit, at 1.71% per patient-year with apixaban versus 0.94% per patient-year with aspirin (HR 1.80, 95% CI 1.26-2.57) in the as-treated population ...

Older adults with elevated lipoprotein(a)-associated genotypes may benefit from low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events, according to researchers. Previous results from ...

When patients who are on a commonly prescribed blood thinner stop taking aspirin, their risk of bleeding complications drops significantly (more than 30%), a new study finds. Researchers say ...