European stroke prevention study: effectiveness of antiplatelet therapy in diabetic patients in secondary prevention of stroke.
Author(s) -
Juhani Sivenius,
Markku Laakso,
P. Riekkinen,
P. Smets,
A. Löwenthal
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.6.851
Subject(s) - medicine , dipyridamole , stroke (engine) , diabetes mellitus , placebo , cerebral infarction , clinical endpoint , aspirin , cardiology , surgery , clinical trial , ischemia , endocrinology , pathology , engineering , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine
The European Stroke Prevention Study was a multicenter trial comparing the effect of a combination of 75 mg dipyridamole and 330 mg acetylsalicylic acid three times a day with the effect of a placebo in the prevention of stroke or death in 1,861 patients after one or more episodes of recent transient ischemic attack or cerebral infarction.
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