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Background: The Appropriateness of Aspirin Use in Medical Outpatients: A Multicenter, Observational Study trial has been the largest study ever conducted among patients in Turkey regarding aspirin treatment. In the subgroup analysis of the hypertensive group of the Appropriateness of Aspirin Use in Medical Outpatients: A Multicenter, Observational Study trial, we aimed to evaluate the physicians’ adherence to current guidelines regarding their aspirin treatment preferences.
Methods: The Appropriateness of Aspirin Use in Medical Outpatients: A Multicenter, Observational Study trial is a cross-sectional and multicenter study conducted among consecutive patients aged 18 years. The study population consisted of outpatients on aspirin treatment ( mg). The patient data were obtained from 30 different cardiology clinics of 14 cities from all over Turkey. In this subgroup analysis, patients were divided into 2 groups: the hypertensive group (n=, %) and the group without hypertension (n=, %) according to the European Society of Cardiology/ European Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension.
Results: Aspirin use for primary prevention was higher in patients with hypertension compared to patients without hypertension [ (%); (%); P <]. Treatment with a dose of mg aspirin (n=, 5%) was mostly preferred by internists for hypertensive patients (n =, %); however, a daily dose of mg aspirin therapy (n=, %) was mostly prescribed by cardiologists (n=, %) for patients without hypertension.
Conclusion: Aspirin was found to be used commonly among patients with hypertension for primary prevention despite the current European Society of Cardiology Arterial Hypertension Guideline not recommending aspirin for primary prevention in patients with hypertension.
Kadriye Memiç Sancar, Oğuzhan Çelik, Cem Çil, Osman Karaarslan, Tolga Doğan, Mücahit Yetim, Ramazan Asoğlu, Yunus Çelik, Sedat Kalkan, Erkan Demirci, Emine Altuntaş, Gökay Taylan, Emrah Küçük, Zafer Küçüksu, Onur Aslan, Murat Civan, Özcan Başaran, Murat Bitekar. An Evaluation of Aspirin Treatment Preferences of Physicians in Hypertensive Patients in Terms of Current Guidelines: A Subgroup Analysis of the ASSOS Trial in Turkey. Anatol J Cardiol. ; 26(4):
Corresponding Author: Kadriye Memiç Sancar
Manuscript Language: English
Fatma Özpamuk Karadeniz, Ahmet İlker Tekkesin, Yasin Çakıllı, Ceyhan Türkkan, Mehmet Hamidi, Vahit Demir, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Müjgan Tek Öztürk, Gökhan Aksan, Sabri Seyis, Mehmet Ballı, Mehmet Hayri Alıcı, Serdar Bozyel, Ibrahim Altun, Feyza Çalık, Oğuz Karaca, Füsun Helvacı, Kadriye Akay, Yiğit Çanga, Savaş Çelebi, Emine Altuntas, Mehmet Aytürk, Hacı Murat Güneş, Tahir Bezgin, Aytekin Aksakal, Beytullah Çakal, Ayşe Çolak, Özgür Kaplan, Adem Tatlısu, Gökhan Gözübüyük, Selami Demirelli, Adnan Kaya, İbrahim Rencüzoğulları, Zübeyde Bayram, Zeki Şimşek, Murat Civan, Ulaankhu Batgharel, Ali Ekber Ata, Gökhan Göl, Gurbet Özge Mert, Kadir Ugur Mert, Aleks Değirmencioğlu, Özkan Candan, Özlem Özcan Çelebi, Cem Doğan, Fethi Yavuz, Şeref Ulucan, Arif Arısoy, Bingül Dilekçi Şahin, Emrah Ermiş, Serkan Gökaslan, İdris Pektaş, Aslı Tanındı, Kamuran Tekin, Kadriye Memic Sancar, Edip Güvenç Çekiç, Nesrin Filiz Başaran