Aspirin or clopidogrel for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events: is there a winner?

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Summary

The paper by Schleinitz et al (4) in this issue of The Lancet shows that clopidogrel––a thienopyridine erivative with less side effects than its parent compound, iclopidine––reduced the relative risk of ischemic stroke, yocardial infarction, or death from vascular causes in atients with prior cardiovascular disease by 8.7%, as compared with aspirin.

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Published
2004-06-15
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Keywords

Medicine, Clopidogrel, Aspirin, Secondary prevention, Platelet aggregation inhibitor

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