Conclusion
PCI represents a delicate balance between minimising thrombotic complications without significantly increasing haemorrhagic event rates. PCI necessitates the use of highly potent antithrombotic and anticoagulant drugs, as well as requiring arterial access and instrumentation. Bleeding complications are therefore an inevitable consequence of PCI. Awareness of the predictors and importance of major peri-procedural bleeding as well as the judicious use of efficacious bleeding avoidance strategies will optimise ouctomes of PCI procedures undertaken.