Low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in Japanese patients 60 years or older with atherosclerotic risk factors: a randomized clinical trial.

Ikeda, Yasuo; Shimada, Kazuyuki; Teramoto, Tamio; Uchiyama, Shinichiro; Yamazaki, Tsutomu; Oikawa, Shinichi; Sugawara, Masahiro; Ando, Katsuyuki; Murata, Mitsuru; Yokoyama, Kenji; Ishizuka, Naoki

doi:10.1001/jama.2014.15690

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Low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in Japanese patients 60 years or older with atherosclerotic risk factors: a randomized clinical trial.

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Authors:

Yasuo Ikeda

Kazuyuki Shimada

Tamio Teramoto

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is an important public health priority in Japan due to an aging population. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether daily, low-dose aspirin reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events in older Japanese patients with multiple atheroscleroti...

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