Although aspirin is indeed a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, it is mechanistically distinct from ibuprofen, naproxen, and the COX-2 inhibitors. Aspirin is an effective platelet inhibitor and works to prevent clot formation in diseased unstable atherosclerotic plaques in your arteries.
>> Aspirin is an effective platelet inhibitor and works to prevent clot formation in diseased unstable atherosclerotic plaques in your arteries.
That was my understanding, but not exactly in those terms.