Angioplasty is an endovascular interventional cardiac procedure to open the blocked blood vessels and arteries especially coronary arteries of the heart and restores normal blood flow to the heart muscle. In some cases, it may be carried out as an emergency treatment. There are other types of angioplasty sometimes used in combination with the balloon: […]
BEFORE AN ANGIOPLASTY Avoid Food and water- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before. Prescribed Medicine- Please inform the doctor or nurse if patient are taking medicine related to the diuretics, Coumadin or anti- diabetic medicines. Blood tests and electrocardiogram- Necessities of the separate appointment for both tests are essential and […]
When can patient leave the hospital Self care after angioplasty Consultant doctor will work with patient to decide when he/she will ready to go home. Most patients need to stay overnight. Whole the staying procedure totally depends upon patient recovery time interval. What patient has needed to do when he/she released from the hospital Review […]
Coronary angioplasty is a medical procedure to clear the plaque built up on the walls of coronary arteries. The buildup of the plaque occurs due to high consumption of bad cholesterol and other waxy substance. The more this plaque gets huge and harder, more difficult it becomes for the blood stream to pass through this […]
Your doctor will inform you about the complications of the treatment and he will inform you that if it is necessary to undergo angioplasty or some other less invasive measure can work. If the patient will get this process of coronary angioplasty done during the angiogram test then he will not need to undergo this […]