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What Causes Leg Numbness After Angioplasty?

Hi after my hearth attack I had angioplasty on the 22nd of January, today march 5th the same leg is numb from the spot that was cut all the way down to my foot is it normal? Should I worry? I previously had some discomfort on the abdomen close to the incision and the cardiologist said the pulse sounded good.
Mon, 9 Nov 2015
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Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I carefully read your query.

Puncture site-related complications of the coronary angiogram/coronary angioplasty do not take one and a half months to be produced and become worrisome. Actually, they are seen immediately to six hours after the procedure. A pain or numbness or coldness on a certain limb indeed indicates problems with the blood flow to that limb, but I do not think that there is a connection between the femoral artery puncture and the leg numbness of your leg, in this case, at least. As an invasive cardiologist, I, too, check the pulses periodically, after the procedure, and good and filled pulses indicate that there is nothing wrong with the femoral artery and distally placed arteries. However, in my experience, there have been a few cases similar with yours, where, after all the tests have been done, was concluded that the psychological effect was to be found blaming. If this is a worrisome phenomenon to you, I would recommend you to do a echo-Doppler of the arteries of the limb, to conclude if there is any problem with the arteries of that limb, related or not with the procedural puncture site.

I hope I have been of help.

Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
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What Causes Leg Numbness After Angioplasty?

Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to HCM. I carefully read your query. Puncture site-related complications of the coronary angiogram/coronary angioplasty do not take one and a half months to be produced and become worrisome. Actually, they are seen immediately to six hours after the procedure. A pain or numbness or coldness on a certain limb indeed indicates problems with the blood flow to that limb, but I do not think that there is a connection between the femoral artery puncture and the leg numbness of your leg, in this case, at least. As an invasive cardiologist, I, too, check the pulses periodically, after the procedure, and good and filled pulses indicate that there is nothing wrong with the femoral artery and distally placed arteries. However, in my experience, there have been a few cases similar with yours, where, after all the tests have been done, was concluded that the psychological effect was to be found blaming. If this is a worrisome phenomenon to you, I would recommend you to do a echo-Doppler of the arteries of the limb, to conclude if there is any problem with the arteries of that limb, related or not with the procedural puncture site. I hope I have been of help. Kind regards, Dr. Meriton