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Myocardial infarction

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Alternatives include clopidogrel a

Why?

  • Clopidogrel reduces stroke, myocardial infarction or death more effectively than aspirin a

Clopidogrel reduces stroke, MI and death better than aspirin

Patient Treatment Comparison Outcome CER RRR
(95% CI)
NNT
(95% CI)
recent ischaemic stroke, recent MI or peripheral vascular disease a clopidogrel aspirin stroke, MI or death
at 2 years
15% 7.0%
(0.0% to 13%)
100
(50 to 160000)

Expiry date: November 2003

Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , B   Phillips , CM   Ball