Ticagrelor and Aspirin or Aspirin Alone after Coronary Surgery for Acute Coronary Syndrome

Among patients who underwent CABG for an acute coronary syndrome, ticagrelor plus aspirin did not result in a lower incidence of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or repeat coronary revascularization than aspirin alone at 1 year. (Funded by the Swedish Research Council and others; TACSI ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03560310; EudraCT number, 2017-001499-43; EU Clinical Trials number, 2023-508551-40-00.).

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New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2025-09-01
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https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2508026
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12
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Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
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Abstract

Among patients who underwent CABG for an acute coronary syndrome, ticagrelor plus aspirin did not result in a lower incidence of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or repeat coronary revascularization than aspirin alone at 1 year. (Funded by the Swedish Research Council and others; TACSI ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03560310; EudraCT number, 2017-001499-43; EU Clinical Trials number, 2023-508551-40-00.).

New England Journal of MedicineVol. 393(23)
Linköping University (SE), Reykjavík University (IS), Uppsala University (SE), Oslo University Hospital (NO), University Hospital of North Norway (NO), Karolinska University Hospital (SE), University of Helsinki (FI), Uppsala University Hospital (SE), University of Turku (FI), University of Iceland (IS), Tampere University (FI), University of Eastern Finland (FI), University of Southern Denmark (DK), University of Oslo (NO), Lund University (SE), Aarhus University (DK), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO), Örebro University (SE), Oulu University Hospital (FI), Aalborg University Hospital (DK), Helsinki University Hospital (FI), Haukeland University Hospital (NO), Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE), Odense University Hospital (DK), Turku University Hospital (FI), Aarhus University Hospital (DK), Copenhagen University Hospital (DK), Karolinska Institutet (SE), Arctic Research Centre (SE), Profu (Sweden) (SE), Region Blekinge (SE), Kuopio University Hospital (FI), St Olav's University Hospital (NO), National University Hospital of Iceland (IS), Tampere University Hospital (FI), Örebro University Hospital (SE), Skåne University Hospital (SE), Linköping University Hospital (SE), UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO), University of Gothenburg (SE), Umeå University (SE)
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