Halting aspirin after stent implant could help heart patients

People who have survived a heart attack and been given a stent may be better off quitting low-dose aspirin a month after the procedure.

The strategy is "beneficial by reducing major and minor bleeding through one year by more than 50 percent," said study lead author Gregg Stone, M.D., a professor of medicine and population health science and policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

For people who have had a heart attack or are at very high risk of experiencing one, daily low-dose aspirin is often given to reduce their odds for blocked arteries, but long-term use of aspirin is also tied to complications from bleeding.

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