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How Soon A Patient Can Travel After The Heart Surgery?

My father has been traveling and had a heart attack 7 driving hours from home. Two stents were placed in his arteries that were 95% blocked. He was told that another "more main artery" is 80-90% blocked and should stay in that hospital to have a second procedure to place more stents into that "more main artery". We would like to get him home as soon as possible but am worried about the 7 hour car drive home. He is already on Aspirin and Plavix, how soon after the surgery could he make the 7 hour car drive home?
Thu, 29 Dec 2016
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latest protocol says patient can be discharged the next day post ptca. Once the sheath out procedure is done the site of puncture is to be kept pressed to prevent hematoma., 48 hours post ptca the patient should be kept in a recovery unit because chances of arrythmia and stent thrombosis are more with in 48 hours, if every thing is fine in 48 hours then patient can be taken back to home after 7 hour journey on back seat lying down, in fact walking inside the house and doing house hold chores is adviced as a part of cardiac rehbilitation 72 hours after ptca.
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How Soon A Patient Can Travel After The Heart Surgery?

Hi latest protocol says patient can be discharged the next day post ptca. Once the sheath out procedure is done the site of puncture is to be kept pressed to prevent hematoma., 48 hours post ptca the patient should be kept in a recovery unit because chances of arrythmia and stent thrombosis are more with in 48 hours, if every thing is fine in 48 hours then patient can be taken back to home after 7 hour journey on back seat lying down, in fact walking inside the house and doing house hold chores is adviced as a part of cardiac rehbilitation 72 hours after ptca.