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Can you tell me the complications of having cardiac stents inserted?
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Various: Bleeding from access site. Clotting or stenosis at access site. Stroke. Heart attack or other heart blood vessel blockage acutely or later from in stent restenosis. Kidnet damage from the contrast. Bleeding from blood thinners.
Answered 6/20/2015
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