Diuretic side effects and Diabetes

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Q: I have been on Avalide for about a year now. I have since developed some other issues, all of which seem related to potassium deficiency. I started investigating when I began getting sore muscles and charleyhorses, in spite of stretching.

Chest pains after Heart surgery

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Q: my husband had a cabg about 9 weeks ago and has returned to work but always has an uneasiness in his chest , he travels and is a brick layer for a living and when he is on bumpy roads he as he explains almost like his insides feel like jello, and it feels better when he is holding …

I am having Chest Pain, what does it mean?

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Each year, six million adult patients in the U.S. see their doctor because of chest pain. This pain may be caused by a variety of factors that may include diseases such as coronary artery disease, gastro-intestinal pain such as acid reflux (“Hiatal Hernia”), pain from your lungs (pneumonia, or a collapsed lung), “costochondritis” or physical injuries or a host of …

Rosemary Prosciutto and Goat Cheese Pork Roulade

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In my never ending quest for something interesting to eat and visiting my local butcher, I saw him butterflying a pork tenderloin. When he was done, I asked him what I could do with it and he enlightened about making a roulade, selling me about a pound. Ingredients 2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper 2 sprigs of rosemary 5 large …

PCI outcomes in small coronary arteries

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In a new study, Small Coronary Vessel PCI outcomes, the authors identified coronary arteries < 3mm in diameter as an independent risk factor for early restenosis. Quoting an article published in 1996:“small arteries remains a major challenge to revascularization procedures, as coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG) is limited by high rates of technical failure”, they then identified DES as superior to …

What is an embolism and how does it happen?

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Question: is it possible that an emboli can cause an incomplete obstruction or it is a must that emboli are migratory and cause complete obstruction ? also if part of blood clot migrate from thrombus and attach to atheromatoius plaque causing no obstruction is it also called embolus???