RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 Balancing Bleeding and Ischemic Risk in the Acute and Long-Term Setting
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 18
SP 30
OP 32
DO 10.1177/155989771218019
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/18/30.abstract
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].