“…Yet as recently as 2012, a comprehensive Australian and New Zealand audit encompassing over 90% of hospitals across both countries showed that only 63% of ACS patients received a second antiplatelet agent at hospital discharge [8]. In all reported studies, one consistent observation was the difference between prescription of a second antiplatelet for patients following PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention), where rates were higher than for those undergoing CABG or medical management, despite a consistent accumulation of evidence supporting the use of these second agents in each of these contexts [9][10][11] There remains a significant risk of events following an ACS, with mortality in the [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] months following an ACS reported to be 12.6%, and the composite rate of myocardial infarction, stroke or cardiovascular death to be 18.3% [12,13]. Therefore, there is a…”