Atoosa Salimi: Why Aspirin and Other Antiplatelets Are Not Effective in Preventing Lacunar Ischaemic Stroke
Atoosa Salimi, Senior General Practitioner, shared on LinkedIn:
”Scientists have uncovered new evidence that challenges long-held assumptions about the causes of a common type of stroke, offering clues as to why widely used treatments may not work.
The study found that the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries does not appear to cause lacunar ischaemic stroke, which accounts for around a quarter of all ischaemic strokes – strokes caused by a blocked blood vessel – in the UK each year.
Instead, researchers identified a different vascular abnormality – enlargement and widening of arteries in the brain – as being strongly linked to lacunar stroke.
Experts say the findings help explain why aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs, commonly used to prevent stroke, are not so effective in preventing lacunar ischaemic stroke.”
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