A 60-year-old woman with prior colon cancer asks about aspirin for primary prevention of CVD. She has a 10-year ASCVD risk of 6% and a history of GI b...

Question

A 60-year-old woman with prior colon cancer asks about aspirin for primary prevention of CVD. She has a 10-year ASCVD risk of 6% and a history of GI bleed. What is the recommendation?

Accepted Answer

Avoid aspirin for primary prevention

Answer

Start aspirin 81 mg

Answer

Aspirin 325 mg

Answer

Dual antiplatelet therapy

Answer

Clopidogrel instead of aspirin

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Primary Prevention (Aspirin)

A 60-year-old woman with prior colon cancer asks about aspirin for primary prevention of CVD. She has a 10-year ASCVD risk of 6% and a history of GI bleed. What is the recommendation?