Does Coronary Stent Placement Cause Cough?

Posted on Thu, 15 Dec 2016

Question: Will my cough after stent placement ever abate?

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
More details needed

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

You have provided only one line regarding your problems. More details would really help.

As of now, from the medicine list, I guess you are talking about coronary artery stent. There are hundreds of other type of stents for different organs of the body. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Coronary stent placement shouldn't cause cough. There must be something else going on, like chest infection, throat infection, gastroesophageal reflux or cardiac failure. So we should get a follow up exam by your doc and some basic tests like chest x-ray, bloodwork, etc to get started.

A course of antibiotics may be required.

Hope this helps. I will be available for further follow up.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar

Follow up: Dr. Indranil Ghosh (3 hours later)

Thanks for this. Your observation that coronary stents should not cause a cough is most helpful. I did not realize that there are other kinds of stents. Sorry for that confusion. This was a good $35 gambit on my part. Thanks much.

Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
You are welcome

Detailed Answer:
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj