If it happens, treatment with medication into the artery to dissolve clots followed by angioplasty or stenting may be appropriate. Angioplasty with or without vascular stenting is a minimally invasive procedure performed to improve blood flow in the body’s arteries and veins.
During coronary stenting, a catheter is fed into the femoral artery of the upper leg.
Once your vascular surgeon finishes angioplasty and stenting, he or she removes all of the catheters from your body.
Complications to angioplasty and stenting may include reactions to the contrast dye, weakening of the artery wall, temporary bleeding at the access puncture site in the vessel or the angioplasty site, re-blocking of the treated artery, and kidney problems.
Serious complications are unusual following angioplasty and stenting but, nevertheless, they can occur.
Although the Coronary stenting procedure opens up a blocked Coronary artery, it does NOT CURE Coronary artery disease.
Changes to the Lifestyle of the patient is recommended to improve the overall health condition.