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The Use of Preoperative Aspirin in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Friday, January 5, 2018

Submitted by

Edward Savage

Source

Source Name: Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Source URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocs.13250/abstract

Author(s)

Sleiman Sebastian Aboul-Hassan, Tomasz Stankowski, Jakub Marczak, Maciej Peksa, Marcin Nawotka, Ryszard Stanislawski, Bartosz Kryszkowski, Romuald Cichon

This is a meta-analysis of perioperative aspirin use. Preoperative aspirin use increased bleeding risk, but it did not increase the need for reexploration or red cell transfusion if the preoperative dose was lower than 160 mg/d. Aspirin use was associated with decreased mortality, acute kidney injury, and perioperative myocardial infarction.