When is it necessary to conduct
Indications for balloon angioplasty and stenting of coronary vessels are determined by your physician, it can be:
- Attacks of angina pectoris at rest or exertion even with drug treatment
- Early post-infarction angina pectoris
- Unstable angina
- Acute myocardial infarction
Indication for stenting is always determined by coronary angiography.
How safe is it
PCI is a minimally invasive interventions on the coronary vessels of the heart and are safer than open heart surgery, but like any other surgery has certain complications, such as:
• death
up to 0,3 %
• myocardial infarction
0,05%
• cerebrovascular complications
0,07%
• fatal arrhythmias
up to 0,5 %
• fatal arrhythmias
0.43%
• response to contrast
0,37%
• hemodynamic complications
0,26%
• perforation of heart chambers
0,03%
• other complications
0,28%
Life after coronary stenting
An operation that allows you to expand the lumen of blood vessels always improves the quality of life. After stenting, patients almost always feel significantly better, often they can afford to do work and exercise that were not available to them before because of angina attacks.
