This will help your body to heal, reduce your risk of complications and enable you to recover well. A healthy diet will also reduce the risk of plaque building up in your arteries again. Many studies have shown that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, nuts and seeds can reduce your risk of heart disease. A healthy diet provides your body with plenty of heart-protective nutrients - like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and dietary fibre. Ideally, your diet should include:.
Aim to consume 2 serves of fruit, 5 serves of vegetables and 4 or more serves of wholegrains - depending on your energy needs. Some other tips to help you eat well include:.
Learn more healthy eating tips from our dietitian i n this video. Some of the risk factors for heart disease that you may be able to control include:. You can find out more from our cardiac rehabilitation nurse about coronary heart disease risk factors - both modifiable and non-modifiable - in this short video. Discharge from the hospital is usually 12 to 24 hours after the catheter is removed.
Many patients are able to return to work within a few days to a week after a procedure. Have a bruise or discolored area near where the catheter was inserted. At the same site, there may also be a small lump which should not get bigger , soreness when pressure is applied and perhaps a small amount one or two drops of discharge.
Feel more tired than usual for several days. If your procedure was performed while you were having a heart attack , tiredness will last longer — perhaps as long as six weeks, the time it usually takes for healing after a heart attack. If you feel chest pain like you felt before the procedure or during it when the balloon catheter was inflated in your artery.
Some patients have chest pain lasting one to two seconds. Typically, they say it feels different from the pain they felt before the procedure.
These brief pains are often muscular and are not related to the heart. A larger, painful lump may be a sign that the puncture hole is not healing properly or is leaking blood. If you experience swelling — with or without pain — anywhere in the leg or arm in which the catheter was inserted.
If you have chest pain that lasts 15 to 20 minutes, call or go to the hospital emergency room. A general guide is:. For the first five days, do only light activities. Walking, climbing stairs and taking care of routine activities are usually fine. If you stop taking these medications before being instructed to do so by your cardiologist, the chances of blood clot formation on the stent, subsequent heart attack or even death are increased.
If surgery or dental work is recommended which would require you to stop taking these medications prematurely, you and your doctor should carefully consider the risks and benefits of this additional surgery or dental work versus the possible risks from early discontinuation of these medications. If you do require premature discontinuation of these medications because of significant bleeding, your cardiologist will carefully monitor you for possible complications.
Once your condition has stabilized, your cardiologist will probably put you back on these medications. For more information about medications specific to your stent, please check out the patient guide for your stent model.
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