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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Mild infarction during, fever after angioplasty
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Mild infarction during, fever after angioplasty
by Ken, Dec 15, 1999 12:00AM
I'm wondering how common my experience is and what is it's significance. While placing a stent at a juncture of the left main coronary artery, a very small branch was blocked causing a "mild" infarction. Several hours after the angioplasty I got a rapidly increasing fever (max. 39 C.) which lasted over 48 hours.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF CARDIO MD JMF, Dec 15, 1999 12:00AM
this elevation in temperature is often seen in the setting of an mi. I am assuming that your fever has resolved with no other signs or symptoms of infection.
