ESC 2022: The ASCEND Trial: Aspirin and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Preventing Heart Failure

In this short interview, Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) joins us on-site at the ESC congress to discuss the findings of the ASCEND Study (NCT00135226).

ASCEND aimed to evaluate the effects of 100mg daily aspirin on top of 1 gram of omega-3 fatty acids in the prevention of serious vascular events, including non-fatal heart attack, stroke and transient ischaemic attack. 15480 patients with diabetes mellitus were enrolled in the trial.

Questions:

-What is the importance of this study?
-What was the study design and what were the considerations around choosing the dosage of omega-3 (n3) fatty acid?
-What are the key results?
-What are the future directions for omega-3 fatty acids in prevention?
-What are the key take-home messages?

Recorded on-site at ESC 22, Barcelona.
Editor: Jordan Rance
Interviewer: Mirjam Boros
Videography: Tom Green, Dan Brent, Oliver Miles, Mike Knight

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