Clopidogrel Acetylsalicylic acid

Synergistic effects of Clopidogrel and aspirin in thrombus formation. Abbreviation ASA, acetylsalicylic acid. 

COMMIT or CCS-2 (3 I), conducted in China and without a loading dose of clopidogrel, tried to determine whether adding clopidogrel to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) can produce a further reduction in mortality and the risk of vascular events in hospital for patients admitted with ST-elevation Ml (STEMI). 

Diener HC, Cunha L, Forbes C et al. (1996). European Stroke Prevention Study. 2. Dipyridamole and acetylsalicylic acid in the secondary prevention of stroke. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 143 1-13 Diener HC, Bogousslavsky J, Brass LM et al. (2004). Aspirin and clopidogrel compared with clopidogrel alone after recent ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack in high-risk patients (MATCH) randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. 

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