Aspirin in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients will be excluded if there is evidence of
• •a recent history of acute uremia,
• •previous adverse reaction to a aspirin or history of aspirin hypersensitivity (eg, aspirin-induced asthma or angioedema),
• •concurrent treatment with other antiplatelet agent (clopidogrel or ticlopidine), steroidal drugs, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
• •high immediate risk for bleeding (eg, active peptic ulceration, recent injury, or hemophilia), or
• •life-threatening condition other than end-stage renal disease or vascular disease (eg, non-skin cancer).