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Breast Augmentation
Is it possible to put a stent in the same time as breast augmentation?
This is a bad idea. Aside from the other possible issues combining these procedures (including are you healthy enough for surgery with your vascular disease) - New vascular stents typically require active anti-coagulation which is a contra-indication to elective Breast surgery. Your chance of having a bleeding complication might be significant. Your plastic surgeon will likely advise against this. Be sure to specifically discuss your medical issues with all your doctors.
Clinical Context
Coronary stents and elective surgery conflict through platelets. A fresh stent is a bare metal or drug-coated scaffold that platelets eagerly clot against until the vessel lining grows over it, so patients take dual antiplatelet therapy, typically aspirin plus a P2Y12 inhibitor, for months. Stopping those drugs early risks stent thrombosis, which frequently presents as a heart attack; continuing them through breast surgery risks hematoma in a freshly dissected pocket. Cardiology guidance generally defers purely elective operations for months after stenting, with the interval depending on stent type and indication, and that timing decision belongs to the cardiologist.
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