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Aspirin in the primary and secondary prevention of vascular disease: collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials.

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In primary prevention without previous disease, aspirin is of uncertain net value as the reduction in occlusive events needs to be weighed against any increase in major bleeds.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2009-05-30 and is currently open access. It has received 2954 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Stroke & Aspirin.

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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to a Peptic Ulcer

TL;DR: Patients with bleeding ulcers due to NSAIDs other than low-dose aspirin should discontinue NSAIDs; if NSAIDs must be resumed, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)–selective NSAID plus a proton-pump inhibitor should be resumed.
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Aspirin as an adjuvant treatment for cancer: feasibility results from the Add-Aspirin randomised trial.

TL;DR: Toxicity has been low and there is no evidence of a difference in adherence, acceptance of randomisation, or toxicity between the different cancer cohorts, and trial recruitment continues to determine whether aspirin could offer a potential low cost and well tolerated therapy to improve cancer outcomes.
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The Impact of Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms on Nonadherence to, and Discontinuation of, Low-Dose Acetylsalicylic Acid in Patients with Cardiovascular Risk

TL;DR: Upper GI symptoms can lead to nonadherence to, and discontinuation of, low-dose ASA CV-protective therapy, which is a mainstay of cardiovascular protection in patients at high risk of CV events.
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Aspirin in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease: past and current perspectives and future directions.

TL;DR: In primary prevention, the appropriate and judicious use of aspirin by clinicians based on individual clinical judgments that weigh their absolute benefits against the absolute risks of the drug, will avoid premature morbidity and possibly, mortality.
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Low-dose aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the use of low-dose aspirin in patients with CKD may have harmful consequences related to the development of CVD and renal progression.
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Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins.

TL;DR: Statin therapy can safely reduce the 5-year incidence of major coronary events, coronary revascularisation, and stroke by about one fifth per mmol/L reduction in LDL cholesterol, largely irrespective of the initial lipid profile or other presenting characteristics.
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Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients

TL;DR: Aspirin (or another oral antiplatelet drug) is protective in most types of patient at increased risk of occlusive vascular events, including those with an acute myocardial infarction or ischaemic stroke, unstable or stable angina, previous myocardian infarctions, stroke or cerebral ischaemia, peripheral arterial disease, or atrial fibrillation.
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Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies

TL;DR: Below the range 22.5-25 kg/m(2), BMI was associated inversely with overall mortality, mainly because of strong inverse associations with respiratory disease and lung cancer, despite cigarette consumption per smoker varying little with BMI.
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