Forest plot of (A) major adverse cardiovascular events, (B) all-cause death, (C) stent thrombosis, and (D) major bleeding with ticagrelor-, compared with prasugrel-based, dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom; DUBIUS, Downstream vs Upstream Strategy for the Administration of P2Y12 Receptor Blockers In Non-ST Elevated Acute Coronary Syndromes With Initial Invasive Indication; ISAR-REACT 5, Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen: Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment 5; M-H, Mantel–Haenszel; PRAGUE-18, Comparison of Prasugrel and Ticagrelor in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction; RAPID, Rapid Activity of Platelet Inhibitor Drugs; REDUCE-MVI, Reducing Microvascular Dysfunction in Revascularized STEMI Patients by Off-Target properties of Ticagrelor.