Specific Chest Pains 2 days after a Stent was fitted

[Phil_London]

I had a stent fitted after having my LAD 70% restricted, op went well and Kings in London were excellent. on my first day home I slept great and had a day of part rest and part active to slowly get back into things. I tried to put teh anxiety to one side with some non specific chest discomforts not pains, in the evening after dinner I had a long lasting pain on my left side more piercing than dull or pressure, GTN did not seem to take it away and after about half hour of no relief decided to call the Ambulance, are these pains common?

[Mcgume]

Hi Phil...post op pain seems to be very common. It's quite an invasive procedure and there is swelling and sensitivity. If the GT spray didn't help then it's probably muscular so try not to worry. I am 3 mins post stent and had lots of post op pains and aches. As always though if you need to seek help or medical reassurance you should do w

[taffysnowy]

our local hospital is kings ive got a lot of time for them our son was born there and they really looked after him and they gacve him an endoscope both ways and he was diagonised with a stomach ulcewr he was 16 then the gp kept on blamming his ibs now tjhey ve just put 2 stents in my hubby s rca he has chd and got to get the left ca done soon they are brillients i can t thank them enough it s made me come a kings trust member thank you kings from taffy snowy