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… different types of problems. These include problems with blood flow through the heart and how well the heart pumps blood. If pieces of a tumour break off, they can be carried in the blood to the body and cause problems, such as a stroke. How …
Medications
… doctor right away. Uses This product is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and … of drugs known as ACE inhibitors and works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. Indapamide …
Medications
… (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as warfarin/rivaroxaban, nonsteroidal … Uses Dalteparin is used to treat and prevent harmful blood clots. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart …
Medications
… This medication may rarely make your blood sugar rise, which can cause or worsen diabetes. Tell your doctor right away if you have symptoms of high blood sugar such as increased thirst/urination. If you already have diabetes, check your blood sugar regularly as directed and share the results with …
Medications
… is higher if you have kidney problems, diabetes, a serious blood infection (sepsis), a certain blood problem (paraproteinemia), or a severe loss of body … gentamicin). This medication may also rarely cause serious blood clots (such as pulmonary embolism, stroke, heart …
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… Dialysis removes urea and other waste products from the blood. To find out how well dialysis is working, you will have blood tests that look at the level of urea in your blood. Usually these tests are done once a month, at the …
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… to join two veins in a damaged liver. One vein carries blood to the liver (portal vein). The other vein goes from … vein). TIPS forms a channel that allows some of the blood to bypass the liver. What To Expect You may go home … you go home. Why It Is Done TIPS is used to reduce high blood pressure in the portal vein that carries blood from …
Medications
… (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as warfarin/rivaroxaban, nonsteroidal … (incontinence). Uses Fondaparinux is used to treat serious blood clots in the legs and/or lungs. It is usually used with another "blood thinner" medication (warfarin). If untreated, blood …
Medications
… your doctor right away. Uses Losartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the … used to lower the risk of strokes in patients with high blood pressure and an enlarged heart. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and …
Medications
… right away. Uses This medication is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and … angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. Other Uses This …
