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Is Flying Recommended While Having Stent Put In Right Artery?
my sister in law has pput a stent in the right artery before 3 days and she is 51 yrs old and she is going to be discharged toady from the hospital but since it happened in her holiday in peru she needs to fly back home which is a 17 hours flight. When should she fly the earliest
Hello , theoretically if all the blockages have been stented and the pumping of the heart is normal , with the prescribed medication she can fly with no added risk. However as you said it was an urgent procedure , I presume that she had an heart attack in Peru , now in such circumstances all the complications are more common during first 5 -7t days . As it is going to a be a long flight, personally I would like she waits for 7 days before embarking, just to be on safer side . Regards
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Is Flying Recommended While Having Stent Put In Right Artery?
Hello , theoretically if all the blockages have been stented and the pumping of the heart is normal , with the prescribed medication she can fly with no added risk. However as you said it was an urgent procedure , I presume that she had an heart attack in Peru , now in such circumstances all the complications are more common during first 5 -7t days . As it is going to a be a long flight, personally I would like she waits for 7 days before embarking, just to be on safer side . Regards