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What is a Stent?
This procedure is done to hold open a previously blocked artery in the heart. This will allow more normal blood flow through that artery.
After the stenting, your artery should be more open. This will allow better blood flow to feed the heart muscle. It may mean that you will no longer have chest pain. Your tolerance for exercise may increase.
Possible Complications
If you are planning to have a stent, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Bleeding at the point of the catheter insertion
- Damage to the walls of arteries, causing you to need additional procedures or surgery
- Heart attack or arrhythmia (abnormal heart beats)
- Allergic reaction to x-ray dye
- Blood clot formation
- Infection
Sometimes the procedure is not successful or the artery narrows again. You may require repeat angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Allergies to medicines, shellfish, or x-ray dye
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Bleeding disorder
- Age: 60 or older
- Recent pneumonia
- Recent heart attack *...
