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Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis
"Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using metformin) assuming the patient has good renal function? My question is if metformin should be avoided forever after an acute myocardial infarction or just temporarily withheld after the heart attack in a patient with an adequate renal and liver function (also without congestive heart failure or hypers... Read more »
Expert & Community Posts
Heart Attack Risk 40 per cent Higher in Anxious Men
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...history of heart disease, increase their risk of a heart attack by as much as 40 per cent if... Read more »
Is the FDA a watchdog or a dog?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...having an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI, heart attack) and cardiovascular death.... Read more »
Heart and Mind: Battling the Depression of Heart Disease
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...the latter group. My first relative died of a heart attack at age 54. I am currently two... Read more »
Avandia Questions
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...rosiglitazone." Q) Does Avandia increase the risk of a heart attack only when taking the drug... Read more »
Omega-3 fatty acids: How much is enough?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...acids? Is it enough to maximally reduce risk for heart attack and other cardiovascular events?... Read more »
Health Guide
Nuclear ventriculography (MUGA or RNV)
...exercise. What abnormal results mean Abnormal results may indicate poor pumping function, a prior heart attack (myocardial infarction), blockages in the coronary arteries (coronary... Read more »Serum cholinesterase
... Chronic malnutrition Metastasis Myocardial infarction (heart attack) Obstructive jaundice Smaller decreases are seen during: ... Read more »Aldolase
...mononucleosis liver, pancreatic, or prostate cancer muscular dystrophy myocardial infarction polymyositis Additional conditions under... Read more »Migraine with Aura Linked To Cardiovascular Disease in Women
...to experience ischemic stroke;2.08 times as likely to experience myocardial infarction (heart attack);1.74 times as likely to experience coronary revascularization;1.71 times as... Read more »Chest pain
...Cardiology. 2000;36(3):970-1062. Smith SD Jr., Blair SN, Bonow RD, et al. AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001... Read more »
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