Coronary intervention (balloon or stent procedure)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35688
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cardiac Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0707
- Available Online
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This pamphlet will help you learn about having a coronary intervention. Topics include: what a coronary intervention is and how it is done, what a stent is, risks, how to get ready, taking usual medications, whether you can eat or drink beforehand, what happens the day of the procedure, what to expect during recovery (complete bedrest, preventing bleeding, what you can eat, easing back pain, going to the bathroom, IV's, family visits, getting out of bed, etc.). A list of symptoms to watch for i…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cardiac Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (19 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Transluminal angioplasty
- Heart--Surgery
- Abstract
- This pamphlet will help you learn about having a coronary intervention. Topics include: what a coronary intervention is and how it is done, what a stent is, risks, how to get ready, taking usual medications, whether you can eat or drink beforehand, what happens the day of the procedure, what to expect during recovery (complete bedrest, preventing bleeding, what you can eat, easing back pain, going to the bathroom, IV's, family visits, getting out of bed, etc.). A list of symptoms to watch for is provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Cardiac Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 0707
