A 58-year-old man with ACS receives ticagrelor and aspirin. He asks about aspirin dose at discharge. Best response?...

Question

A 58-year-old man with ACS receives ticagrelor and aspirin. He asks about aspirin dose at discharge. Best response?

Accepted Answer

Aspirin 81 mg daily with ticagrelor

Answer

Stop aspirin; ticagrelor alone

Answer

Aspirin 325 mg daily with ticagrelor

Answer

Alternate-day aspirin

Answer

No antiplatelet until troponin normalizes

us-abim MCQ (SBA): ACS Antiplatelet Therapy