It is essential that therapeutic decision making in this crit- ical area include discussion with the patient about the options, advantages, and limitations of available approaches. Recommendations about the management of patients treated with triple therapy have been published in ACC/AHA CPGs and by other organizations.17,26,430,433,436 Although some organi- zations have recommended a target INR of 2.0 to 2.5 in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who require triple therapy,437 others continue to recommend a target INR of 2.0 to 3.0.12,436 The HAS- BLED (Hypertension, Abnormal Renal/Liver Function, Stroke, Bleeding History or Predisposition, Labile INR, Elderly, Drugs/ Alcohol Concomitantly) score has relevance in these delibera- No prospective study to date has demonstrated that a target INR of 2.0 to 2.5 reduces bleeding complications. Whenever possible, shorter durations of triple therapy are favored in preference to longer durations of triple therapy. In patients with NSTE-ACS who require oral anticoagulation for AF, mechanical heart valve, deep venous thrombosis, or other conditions, a bare-metal stent may offer the advantages of lower bleeding risk over a DES because of the potentially shorter dura- tion of triple antithrombotic therapy. The WOEST (What is the Optimal Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients With Oral Anticoagulation and Coronary Stenting) trial is the first published study to address the question of optimal antiplate- let therapy in patients taking oral anticoagulant medication.440 WOEST was a randomized, open-label trial of 563 patients (approximately 25% of whom had NSTE-ACS) receiving oral anticoagulant therapy and undergoing coronary stenting. Patients randomized to single antiplatelet treatment with clopidogrel had significantly fewer bleeding complications and no increase in thrombotic events compared with those randomized to DAPT with aspirin and clopidogrel. Larger clinical trials are needed to compare double versus triple therapy in the setting of coronary stenting and NSTE-ACS. 