Aspirin for Preventing a First Heart Attack or Stroke
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D55 - Preventing a Second Heart Attack or Stroke
People who have experienced a heart attack or stroke and live through it are extremely likely to experience another. The primary prevention of subsequent cardiovascular events is to control the major cardiac risk factors (e.g., elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, diabetes, and physical inactivity. The most popular "secondary" recommendation to reduce the risk of a subs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13808