Treating lacunar strokes occurring on aspirin: Adding clopidogrel is not the simple solution

Patients who develop a new or a recurrent ischemic stroke while taking aspirin, sometimes labeled as aspirin failures, represent a considerable proportion of stroke hospital admissions. In the United States alone, almost 185,000 recurrent strokes occur each year, and approximately a third to half of them develop while on antiplatelet therapy.1

Source: Neurology - February 3, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Castilla-Guerra, L., Sacco, R. L. Tags: Stroke prevention, Prognosis, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke EDITORIALS Source Type: research