Reduced risk of major vascular events in lower-extremity PAD patients with rivaroxaban and aspirin

Reuters Health - 30/09/2020 - Patients with symptomatic lower extremity peripheral artery disease (LE-PAD) are less likely to experience major vascular events if they are treated with a combination of an anticoagulant and an antiplatelet drug versus aspirin alone, a new study suggests. Among the nearly 3,000 patients randomized to either rivaroxaban with aspirin or aspirin alone, the absolute risk reduction of any major vascular event was 4.2% at 30 months with the rivaroxaban-aspirin combination, according to the report published in JAMA Cardiology. "Patients with peripheral artery disease suffer a high risk of future cardiovascular and limb outcomes such as heart attack, stroke, acute limb ischemia, amputation and death," said study coauthor Dr. Sonia Anand, a professor of medicine and epidemiology and a senior scientist at the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. "You can identify the highest risk PAD patients by...

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Posted on 30 September, 202021 October, 2020