Angioplasty and stent placement - heart: when to get help

1. 1

   Is any of this happening now?

   Call 911

   Call emergency services now if you develop:

   • Severe or persistent chest pressure or pain, especially if similar to previous heart-attack symptoms
   • Severe shortness of breath, fainting, or sudden sweating with chest discomfort
   • Face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, or other stroke signs
   • Bleeding from the wrist or groin that does not stop with firm pressure
   • Rapidly increasing swelling at the catheter site

   Do not drive yourself in an emergency.

   And for anyone, someone who:

   • has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
   Other emergency signs, for anyone

   • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
   • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
   • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
   • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
   • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
   • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
   • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
2. 2

   Is any of this happening?

   Be seen today

   Contact your healthcare team promptly for increasing redness, warmth, drainage, swelling, or pain at the puncture site; fever; unusual bleeding; or a hand or foot that becomes cool, pale, numb, or weak.

   And for anyone, someone who:

   • is getting rapidly more short of breath, or has gained several pounds in a few days with swelling
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Angioplasty and stent placement - heart. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.