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- Kameshwar Prasad, Reed Siemieniuk, Qiukui Hao, Gordon Guyatt, Martin O'Donnell, Lyubov Lytvyn, Anja Fog Heen, Thomas Agoritsas, Per Olav Vandvik, Sankar Prasad Gorthi, Loraine Fisch, Mirza Jusufovic, Jennifer Muller, Brenda Booth, Eleanor Horton, Auxiliadora Fraiz, Jillian Siemieniuk, Awah Cletus Fobuzi, Neelima Katragunta, and Bram Rochwerg.
- Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
- BMJ. 2018 Dec 18; 363: k5130.
AbstractWHAT IS THE ROLE OF DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY AFTER HIGH RISK TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK OR MINOR STROKE? SPECIFICALLY, DOES DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY WITH A COMBINATION OF ASPIRIN AND CLOPIDOGREL LEAD TO A GREATER REDUCTION IN RECURRENT STROKE AND DEATH OVER THE USE OF ASPIRIN ALONE WHEN GIVEN IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS AFTER A HIGH RISK TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK OR MINOR ISCHAEMIC STROKE? AN EXPERT PANEL PRODUCED A STRONG RECOMMENDATION FOR INITIATING DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS, AND FOR CONTINUING IT FOR 10-21 DAYS CURRENT PRACTICE IS TYPICALLY TO USE A SINGLE DRUG.Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
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