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- Title
Benefits and Risks of Aspirin Use.
- Authors
DiNicolantonio, James J.; O'Keefe, James H.; Lavie, Carl J.; Lund, Jennifer L.; Stürmer, Til; Toft-Sørensen, Henrik; Nicolucci, Antonio; De Berardis, Giorgia; Pellegrini, Fabio
- Abstract
Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The benefit of aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events is relatively small for individuals with and without diabetes. This benefit could easily be offset by the risk of hemorrhage", use of low-dose aspirin associated with a 55 percent increase in risk of major bleeding and it also presents a reply in the same issue.
- Subjects
LETTERS to the editor; CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention; PEOPLE with diabetes; HEMORRHAGE complications; HEMORRHAGE risk factors
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2012, Vol 308, Issue 11, p1088
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1001/2012.jama.10717