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The Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory alerting doctors who perform heart bypass surgery, and their patients, that Trasyolol (aprotinin injection), a drug used to prevent blood loss during surgery, has been linked in two scientific publications to higher risks of serious side effects including kidney problems, heart attacks and strokes in patients who undergo artery bypass graft surgery.
Inclusion of Lidocaine in Cardioplegic Solutions Provides Additional Myocardial Protection
This study evaluated the efficacy of lidocaine in providing myocardial protection during normothermic blood cardioplegia.
