“Can a heart stent cause pain?”
I am a 53 year old female. I wonder if a heart stent can cause pain?
1 Answer
Nope! The blocked artery may be robbing flow to you heart and can cause pain. Unblocking with a stent can help return blood flow to the area and relieve pain. Unfortunately, if you have pain that is NOT related to a blocked artery, the stent may not alleviate that pain. NOT all blocked arteries cause paint either. However, generally speaking, stenting an artery is not a painful procedure (if anything you may feel discomfort at the site of which the catheters enter the skin/blood vessel). Sometimes, the whole procedure goes so smoothly and free of discomfort, that patients sometimes forget they even had the procedure.
