Many Stroke, Heart Attack Patients May Not Benefit From Aspirin,...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 02/26/2008 - 16:00

Up to 20 percent of patients taking aspirin to lower the risk of suffering a second cerebrovascular event do not have an antiplatelet response from aspirin, the effect thought to produce the protective effect, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.


 

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