Benefits and Risk of Aspirin as Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

The use of aspirin for primary prevention has been a long-debated topic in healthcare. Up to 20% of the United States population takes aspirin daily or every other day with or without a recommendation from a physician. Aspirin has a well-established role in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, in the setting of primary prevention, clinicians should balance the potential cardiovascular events prevented with the risk of...