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Is Aspirin Effective for Heart Disease?

Is Aspirin Effective for Heart Disease? (0:18)

Baby aspirin is good for more than just a fever or headache. In this video, HealthMaker Jeff Olgin, MD, a cardiologist at UCSF, talks about the effectiveness of this popular medicine against heart events.

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If you have coronary disease or if you have AFIB without any other risk of stroke namely, you don't have diabetes or previous stroke, then baby aspirin clearly prevents future events.