Aspirin in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

 P.J. Devereaux, M.D.et al

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1494-1503

 Administration of aspirin before surgery and throughout the early postsurgical period had no significant effect on the rate of a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction but increased the risk of major bleeding.