Bleeding; Aspirin; Age; CVD


Bleeding Risk with Aspirin Increased with Age

A UK prospective population-based study of long-term antiplatelet treatment (predominantly daily aspirin 75 mg enteric coated) in secondary prevention of vascular disease showed that the severity, case fatality, and poor functional outcome of bleeds increased with age, and that in patients aged 75 years or older, most major upper gastrointestinal […]