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Oct 2022
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#113 Aspirin for Primary Prevention: Min...

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How do you educate your patients on aspirin use? For what reasons do you start, continue or stop aspirin? What does trial data tell us? How does aspirin exerts its effect?

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Show notes, Transcript and References:  https://www.coreimpodcast.com/2022/10/19/mind-the-gap-asp…imary-prevention/

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  • 03:03 Guideline recommendations 
  • 07:00 How does Aspirin work? 
  • 09:11 Trial Data
  • 13:00 ASCVD Risk Calculator
  • 18:07 Starting vs. Stopping Aspirin 
  • 22:11 Summary 

Tags: IM Core, CoreIM, guidelines, atherosclerosis, ASCVD, plaque, bleeding, shared decision-making



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