My father of 74 yrs had an angioplasty on friday last and since has been in the ICu. For the last 2 days his potassium was high but now it is normal. since some time he is running a fever of 102 degree F. What seem to bee the complocations here????? Most sites say that a patient usually should be able to go home within 24 hrs of angioplasty procedure.
Hello, Your father seems to have an infection related to the angioplasty procedure. Infection is a known complication of every intervention (including angioplasty). For this reason, antibiotic therapy may be needed, based on the lab test results (complete blood count, PCR, ESR, blood bacterial culture, a urinalysis, a urine bacterial culture). In such cases, a longer hospitalization period may be needed. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.