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  • Avoid eating or drinking except clear liquids until the groin sheath is removed because nausea and vomiting with risk of aspiration and/or hypotension can occur during this time.
  • Once the patient is allowed to eat, he or she will be advised to follow a low cholesterol and low salt diet. Patient should be admitted to a monitored cardiac unit overnight after a PCI or for complications post procedure.