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- Title
Cost-effectiveness of proton pump inhibitor cotherapy in patients taking long-term, low-dose aspirin for secondary cardiovascular prevention.
- Authors
Saini, Sameer D; Schoenfeld, Philip; Fendrick, A Mark; Scheiman, James
- Abstract
Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) require long-term therapy with low-dose aspirin (ASA). Although these patients are at increased risk for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) cotherapy may reduce such risk, it is not known whether lifelong PPI cotherapy is cost-effective.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2008, Vol 168, Issue 15, p1684
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.168.15.1684