More patients will be taking ASA to prevent heart attacks
March 2002
More patients will be taking ASA to prevent heart attacks.
By now, everyone knows that ASA reduces the risk of a SECOND or subsequent heart attack in people who have already had one.
Now there's finally proof that ASA reduces the risk of a FIRST heart attack by 28% in high-risk patients.
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