The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 147-148 , February 2010

Aspirin for Preventing Cardiovascular Damage

  • Maren S. Mayhew

      Affiliations

    • Maren Mayhew, MS, ANP, GNP, is the author and editor of Pharmacology for Primary Care Providers, a textbook for NPs published by Mosby.

References 

  1. Wolff T , Miller T , Ko S . Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events: an update of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force . Ann Intern Med . 2009;150:405–410
  2. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force  . Aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement . Ann Intern Med . 2009;150:396–404
  3. Edmunds MW , Mayhew MS . Pharmacology for the primary care provider . 3rd ed.. St Louis: Mosby; 2009;
  4. Cuisset T , Frere C , Quilici J , Gaborit B , Bali L , Poyet R , et al.   Aspirin noncompliance is the major cause of “aspirin resistance” in patients undergoing coronary stenting . Am Heart J . 2009;157:889–893

 Suggestions for topics are welcome.

PII: S1555-4155(09)00684-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.12.004

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 147-148 , February 2010