PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rizzo, Toni ED - Antman, Elliott TI - Balancing Bleeding and Ischemic Risk in the Acute and Long-Term Setting DP - 2012 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 30--32 VI - 12 IP - 18 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/18/30.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/18/30.full AB - This article discusses issues in balancing the treatment of ischemic risk with bleeding associated with anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapies. The TRITON TIMI-38 study evaluated the time dependence of the association of bleeding with mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing planned percutaneous coronary intervention [Hochholzer W et al. Circulation 2011].