[Long term aspirin in stable coronary disease with an indication for anticoagulation: is it reasonable?]

Abstract

In patients with both stable coronary disease and atrial fibrillation, a baseline treatment of aspirin and an oral anticoagulant is often prescribed due to the proven benefits of each therapy on cardiovascular and thromboembolic events and mortality. However, recent cohort studies in this population have shown that adding aspirin to an oral anticoagulant is not associated with a reduction in recurrence of coronary or thromboembolic events, but significantly increases the bleeding risk. In these patients, in particular when their bleeding risk is high, aspirin withdrawal may be considered.