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Effects of preoperative aspirin on major outcomes in graded high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery

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Effects Of Preoperative Aspirin On Major Outcomes In Graded High-Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, Qian Ding, Eric Yuen, Mark Berguson, Hong Liu, Linong Yao, Jordan E. Goldhammer, Jianzhong Sun May 2016

Effects Of Preoperative Aspirin On Major Outcomes In Graded High-Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, Qian Ding, Eric Yuen, Mark Berguson, Hong Liu, Linong Yao, Jordan E. Goldhammer, Jianzhong Sun

Department of Anesthesiology Posters

Introduction:

  • Among patients with cardiovascular disease, nearly 70% take preventive aspirin.1
  • The benefits of aspirin are greater as a patient’s risk of cardiovascular events increases; patients with a lower risk of cardiovascular events derive less of a benefit from aspirin.2
  • The effect of aspirin in surgical patients has not yet been investigated, in particular if there is an optimal effect based on operative risk when undergoing cardiac surgery.

Objective:

To determine the effects of preoperative aspirin on major outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients with low, medium, and high predicted operative mortality as determined by the EuroSCORE risk …