Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke: a clinical practice guideline
BMJ 2018; 363 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k5130 (Published 18 December 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;363:k5130©BMJ Publishing Group Limited.
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- Kameshwar Prasad, chair, stroke neurologist1,
- Reed Siemieniuk, general internist, methodologist23,
- Qiukui Hao, geriatrician24,
- Gordon Guyatt, general internist, methodologist25,
- Martin O’Donnell, stroke neurologist6,
- Lyubov Lytvyn, patient partnership liaison2,
- Anja Fog Heen, general internist7,
- Thomas Agoritsas, general internist, methodologist28,
- Per Olav Vandvik, general internist, methodologist79,
- Sankar Prasad Gorthi, stroke neurologist10,
- Loraine Fisch, stroke neurologis11,
- Mirza Jusufovic, stroke neurologist12,
- Jennifer Muller, patient partner1314,
- Brenda Booth, patient partner13,
- Eleanor Horton, patient partner15,
- Auxiliadora Fraiz, physiotherapist, nurse,
- Jillian Siemieniuk, nurse16,
- Awah Cletus Fobuzi, patient and carer partner17,
- Neelima Katragunta, vascular surgeon18,
- Bram Rochwerg, methods co-chair, critical care clinician25
- 1Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- 2Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- 3Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- 4The Centre of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 5Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- 6Deparment of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
- 7Department of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust-division, Gjøvik, Norway
- 8Division of General Internal Medicine & Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- 9Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- 10Department of Neurology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
- 11Division of Neurology, Stroke Centre, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- 12Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- 13Stroke Foundation of Australia
- 14School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- 15School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia
- 16Peter Lougheed Hospital, Calgary, Canada
- 17Cochrane Consumers Group
- 18Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Correspondence to: B Rochwerg rochwerg{at}mcmaster.ca
Abstract
What is the role of dual antiplatelet therapy after high risk transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke? Specifically, does dual antiplatelet therapy with a combination of aspirin and clopidogrel lead to a greater reduction in recurrent stroke and death over the use of aspirin alone when given in the first 24 hours after a high risk transient ischaemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke? An expert panel produced a strong recommendation for initiating dual antiplatelet therapy within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms, and for continuing it for 10-21 days. Current practice is typically to use a single drug
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Funding: This guideline was not funded.
Transparency: K Prasad affirms that the manuscript is an honest, accurate, and transparent account of the recommendation being reported; that no important aspects of the recommendation have been omitted; and that any discrepancies from the recommendation as planned (and, if relevant, registered) have been explained.
Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed