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#113 Aspirin for Primary Prevention: Mind the Gap Segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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Is Aspirin a Decision for Primary Prevention?

Aspirin has a small absolute impact on lowering the risk of cardiovascular events. But it comes at a small risk of increased bleeding. Most patients are going to do fine, whether we continue aspirin or not. The decision about what to do is something that you can have a normal conversation with a patient and come up with which risk do you find more tolerable?

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