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What kind of complications might happen from a coronary angioplasty?

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Coronary angipplasty: There are lots of complication that can happen during angioplasty 1.Excessive bleeding from punctured site 2. Infection 3.Pseudo aneurism 4.Acute heart attack 5.Acute stroke 6.Coronary dissection 7.Cardiac tamponade and even cardiac arrest leadind to death.All these complication are very very rare.

Answered 12/23/2014

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See below: Complication of cardiac catheterization include bleeding, infection, stroke, heart attack, renal failure, radiation injurines including burns, and possible death. These complications are rare about 1:1000 for diagnostic catheterization and 1:200 for ptci (angioplasty).

Answered 9/28/2016

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