Do follow these instructions unless your doctor specifies otherwise. If you are an outpatient, an interventional radiologist will contact you prior to your procedure to give you more specific instructions. If you are already a patient in the hospital, your nurses and doctors will give you instructions and will help you get prepared for your procedure. Do not eat any solid food after midnight on the night before your procedure. You may drink clear fluids.
Most people can continue to take their prescribed medicines.
You make take small sips of water with your morning medications . If you are a diabetic and take insulin, ask your doctor about modifying your insulin dose for the day of your procedure. If possible, let the interventional radiologist know about your allergy a few days before your angioplasty procedure. Your doctors can then plan to take special precautions during the procedure.