Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI

Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week -- A Canadian-led study has found that perioperative aspirin can prevent heart-related complications after major noncardiac surgery in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) such as an angioplasty or stent.

The study found that for every 1,000 patients with PCI, giving them aspirin at the time of noncardiac surgery would prevent 59 heart attacks and cause eight major bleeding events. The results of this study are significant, given that 200 million adults undergo major noncardiac surgery annually.

These results were a substudy of POISE-2, a large international study with sites in 135 centres in 23 countries, including Edmonton. Patients with previous PCI were …

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(2017-12-03), Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI, Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week, 196, ISSN: 1537-1417, BUTTER® ID: 014743115