Food, dyes, and supplements that can cause green stool include: When these foods, dyes, and supplements are withdrawn from the diet, the stool should return to its normal color within a day. An infant's first bowel movements are typically green-black in color. This is called meconium â you should not see it after the infant is 3 days old.
If you are retuning home on the day of your angioplasty, you will stay in the hospital for four to six hours after the angioplasty is completed. After this observation period, you will be allowed to go home. Have someone drive you home after you procedure. You should not drive home yourself.
Angioplasty is a procedure to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. 1  Angioplasty is often the first choice of treatment. It should be done within 90 minutes after you get to the hospital, and usually no later than 12 hours after a heart attack. A stent is a small, metal mesh tube that opens up (expands) inside a coronary artery. A stent is often placed after or during angioplasty.