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ReviewEuropean heart journal2024

Low-dose aspirin for the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Carlo Patrono

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Review in European heart journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Platelet count polygenic scores may modify the effect of aspirin in primary prevention of dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  6. Aspirin-Derived Salicyl-CoA Drives Histone Lysine Salicylation Regulated by CBP and SIRT2.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  17. Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Carlo PatronoDepartment of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Sciences, Catholic University School of Medicine, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6447-2424

Funding

Agenzia Italiana del FarmacoBayerCancer Research UKEuropean Commission
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the past 30 years, several developments have occurred in the antiplatelet field, including the role of aspirin in primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. There have been several attempts to develop antiplatelet drugs more effective and safer than aspirin and a shift in emphasis from efficacy to safety, advocating aspirin-free antiplatelet regimens after percutaneous coronary intervention. Evidence supporting a chemopreventive effect of low-dose aspirin against colorectal (and other digestive tract) cancer has also strengthened. The aim of this article is to revisit the role of aspirin in the prevention of atherothrombosis across the cardiovascular risk continuum, in view of developments in the antiplatelet field. The review will offer a clinical perspective on aspirin's mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. This will be followed by a detailed discussion of its clinical efficacy and safety.

Indexed as

AspirinAtherosclerosisPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsCardiovascular DiseasesHumansAspirinPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsAntiplatelet therapyAspirinAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAtherothrombosisBleedingClopidogrelColorectal cancerP2Y12 inhibitorsTicagrelor

Identifiers

PMID38839268
PMCPMC11242460

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