Combined aspirin and clopidogrel treatment offers greater clinical benefit to patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) than aspirin alone, but the financial implications of combined therapy have ...
To the surprise of medical researchers, a major new study has found no benefit -- and perhaps even some harm -- from adding the anti-clotting drug Plavix to aspirin in an attempt to prevent heart ...
CHMP issues positive opinion for use of Plavix with aspirin in adults within 24 hours of minor ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack Positive opinion based on clinical data ...
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Aspirin alone proved as effective as aspirin plus the blood clot preventer Plavix in keeping coronary artery bypass grafts open during the first year after surgery, ...
Aspirin combined with the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is no better than aspirin alone for stroke prevention in people with a history of lacunar strokes, and the combination carries a greater risk of ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After a minor stroke or transient ischemic attack, patients with normal vs. impaired renal function treated with ...
December 8, 2005-- In September 2005, investigators from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) announced that they had stopped a trial that was investigating whether dual antiplatelet ...
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 ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results from the POPULAR TAVI trial demonstrated that omitting clopidogrel after transcatheter aortic valve ...
A blood thinner that works slightly better than cheap aspirin at preventing repeat heart attacks or strokes is not worth the extra cost when used long term, a study concludes. Researchers looked at ...
Combined aspirin and clopidogrel treatment offers greater clinical benefit to patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) than aspirin alone, but the financial implications of combined therapy have ...