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Experiencing A Change In Sensation To Arm Including Numbness And A Cold Feeling After Performing Heart Catherter

Thursday, Jan 8th, i had heart catherter done..I am 46 year old female..now there has been a Change in sensation to arm, including numbness, cold feeling..Is this normal? I was going to retrun to work today..but arm is still in very much discomfort..ewaht should I do?
Fri, 26 Jun 2015
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Hello. Thank you for contacting HCM.

I assume that the procedure was carried out via the radial artery pathway. Complications, rarely serious, are common when this procedure is carried out via this pathway. However, it is very rare that the problems persist for, I calculate, almost 6 months now. Did you suffer a hematoma at the punction site, after the procedure? If the discomfort affects on your quality of life and work, I would suggest you to see a vascular doctor, to further evaluate your state, using echo Doppler of peripheral arteries, or other diagnostic means.

I hope I was helpful. Feel free to contact me again. Take care
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Experiencing A Change In Sensation To Arm Including Numbness And A Cold Feeling After Performing Heart Catherter

Hello. Thank you for contacting HCM. I assume that the procedure was carried out via the radial artery pathway. Complications, rarely serious, are common when this procedure is carried out via this pathway. However, it is very rare that the problems persist for, I calculate, almost 6 months now. Did you suffer a hematoma at the punction site, after the procedure? If the discomfort affects on your quality of life and work, I would suggest you to see a vascular doctor, to further evaluate your state, using echo Doppler of peripheral arteries, or other diagnostic means. I hope I was helpful. Feel free to contact me again. Take care