De-escalation of antiplatelet therapy to evaluate platelet reactivity and clinical outcomes after coronary stenting in patients at high bleeding risk and recent acute coronary syndrome: Rationale and design of the DESC-HBR trial.
DesC-HBR is the first randomized trial directly comparing multiple P2Y12 inhibitor de-escalation strategies in HBR patients post-ACS and will provide information to guide individualized antiplatelet strategies balancing ischemic protection and bleeding mitigation in HBR patients.