| Angioplasty | | | | prescription. |
| | | | | - You will usually be asked not to drink or eat |
| What is angioplasty and stenting? | | | | anything for 6 to 8 hours before the test. |
| During an angioplasty, your vascular surgeon | | | | - Take the drugs your doctor told you to take |
| inflates a small balloon inside a narrowed blood | | | | with a small sip of water. |
| vessel. The balloon helps to widen your blood | | | | - Tell your doctor if you are allergic to seafood, if |
| vessel and improve blood flow. After widening the | | | | you have had a bad reaction to contrast material |
| vessel with angioplasty, your vascular surgeon | | | | or iodine in the past.. |
| sometimes inserts a stent depending upon the | | | | |
| circumstances. Stents are tiny metal mesh tubes | | | | |
| that support your artery walls to keep your | | | | After the Procedure |
| vessels wide open.` | | | | Usually, the average hospital stay is 2 days or |
| Angioplasty and stenting are usually done through | | | | less. Some people may not even have to stay |
| a small puncture, or sometimes a small incision, in | | | | overnight in the hospital... |
| your skin, called the access site. Your vascular | | | | |
| surgeon inserts a long, thin tube called a catheter | | | | |
| through this access site. Using X-ray guidance, | | | | |
| your physician then guides the catheter through | | | | Please log on to : Angioplasty |
| your blood vessels to the blocked area. The tip of | | | | Please log on to : heart Surgery |
| the catheter carries the angioplasty balloon or | | | | We Care Core Values |
| stent... | | | | "We have a very simple business model that |
| | | | | keeps you as the centre." |
| Before the Procedure | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| Angioplasty is often performed when you go to | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| the hospital or emergency room for chest pain, or | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| after a heart attack. If you are admitted to the | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| hospital for angioplasty when it is not an | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| emergency: | | | | patients our patient care standards are |
| - Tell your doctor what drugs you are taking, | | | | unmatched across the sub continent. |
| even drugs or herbs you bought without a | | | | |