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Patient ,had angioplasty, now chest pain
74 year old male patient, who had angioplasty done six months back, has one more arterial block 70% surgery delayed as the creatinine level is 3.2. The patient was on Brilinta 75 now was asked to stop as low platelet count of 58,000.Currently the patient has chest pain
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Dr. Subrata Lahiri
Cardiologist
24 yrs exp
Delhi
He needs an angiography urgently and be prepared for dialysis in case of kidney failure due to dye of angiography followed by bypass or angioplasty if requires
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