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JANUARY 14, 2020

Stopping Aspirin Post-PCI: A Matter of Timing

By Gina Shaw
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C. Michael White, PharmD

Philadelphia—Withdrawing aspirin therapy and continuing ticagrelor monotherapy three months after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS) lowers bleeding risk without raising ischemic risk, according to new data presented at the American Heart Association’s 2019 Scientific Sessions.

The data are from a substudy of TWILIGHT-ACS that included 4,614 patients from TWILIGHT