Polypill with or without Aspirin in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

Participants without cardiovascular disease who were at increased risk were randomly assigned to receive a polypill (containing a statin and three blood-pressure–lowering drugs) or placebo and to receive aspirin or placebo. At 4.6 years, the incidence of cardiovascular events was lower among partici...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-01, Vol.384 (3), p.216-228
Hauptverfasser: Yusuf, Salim, Joseph, Philip, Dans, Antonio, Gao, Peggy, Teo, Koon, Xavier, Denis, López-Jaramillo, Patricio, Yusoff, Khalid, Santoso, Anwar, Gamra, Habib, Talukder, Shamim, Christou, Courtney, Girish, Preeti, Yeates, Karen, Xavier, Freeda, Dagenais, Gilles, Rocha, Catalina, McCready, Tara, Tyrwhitt, Jessica, Bosch, Jackie, Pais, Prem
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Zusammenfassung:Participants without cardiovascular disease who were at increased risk were randomly assigned to receive a polypill (containing a statin and three blood-pressure–lowering drugs) or placebo and to receive aspirin or placebo. At 4.6 years, the incidence of cardiovascular events was lower among participants receiving both the polypill and aspirin than among those receiving both placebos.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2028220