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Asa-p after surgery. (updates).(aspirin after heart bypass surgery)(Brief Article)
"These results are so positive and so definitive," says Robert Bonow, MD, president of the American Heart Association. "It's studies like this that actually change practice."
Bonow refers to a new study that concludes that prescribing aspirin within hours of bypass surgery could prevent 27,000 deaths and 51,000 serious complications worldwide annually. That would save billions of dollars, lower complication rates and shorten hospital stays. Anyone familiar with aspirin's effect on blood will find this news surprising.
Aspirin has been used to treat heart disease because it thins blood and prevents clots. Yet, understandably, many doctors are reluctant to give it soon after or shortly before bypass, fearing it will cause internal bleeding. Such thinking is not only wrong but also probably contributes to some 9,000 deaths each year in the United States alone, according to ...
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