Aspirin Resistance Incidence and Associations Between Aspirin Effect and Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery

ConclusionsThe degree of aspirin effect immediately prior to cardiac surgery was weakly associated with the risks of postoperative bleeding and allogeneic blood product transfusion, suggesting that measuring aspirin-induced antiplatelet effect prior to cardiac surgery may be useful as an adjunct in optimizing patient blood management for patients who are at high-risk of bleeding and requiring allogeneic blood transfusion.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research