Trasylol Kidney Failure & Heart Attack

Dr. Dennis Mangano was the lead author of a 2006 Trasylol side effects study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The observational study looked at leading worldwide cardiac centers in examining Bayer's heart surgery medication Trasylol. Kidney failure, stroke, and heart attack are side effects linked to Trasylol heart surgery patients according to the Mangano study.

Minnesota Trasylol Kidney Damage

What is the damage done by Trasylol (Aprotinin)? The New England Journal of Medicine Mangano study reported disturbing information about Trasylol use in a study of 4,400 heart patients:

• Trasylol increases the risk of heart attack 48 percent.
• Trasylol increases heart failure by 109 percent.
• Trasylol increases the danger of stroke by 181 percent.

In reaction to the study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory to medical professionals.  The FDA advised doctors to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of Trasylol before administering it to a patient in an aprotinin injection.

Trasylol Kidney Failure Minnesota

Trasylol may be responsible for 10,000 patients unnecessarily being on kidney dialysis. Trasylol was given to many Minnesota bypass heart surgery patients to help with blood clotting during their surgery. 

Minnesota Trasylol Kidney Failure and Stroke

Bypass surgery medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways.  The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with Trasylol. Side effects stated here do not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect. Trasylol kidney failure is one of the primary adverse events following use of the drug during heart surgery.

• Inflammation of the vein that the medicine is injected into, associated with a blood clot in that area (local thrombophlebitis)
• Allergic reactions (rare when given for the first time, but more likely if given again within six months of previous administration)
• Blood clot formation
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Abnormal heart beat
• Abnormal kidney function
• Kidney failure

If you or a loved one has had open heart surgery and then experienced Trasylol kidney failure, heart attack or stroke you may be able to file a Trasylol lawsuit. A Minnesota Trasylol Lawyer can help evaluate your claim.

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