Heart bypass surgery is one of the most invasive surgeries to date because the chest is wide open and the heart is stopped. Common symptoms that indicate needing heart bypass surgery is severe chest pain. Chest pain is an inclination that not enough blood is being received in which the amount of oxygen is limited. To relive this pain, and increase the blood and oxygen flow, is to perform heart bypass surgery. In a heart bypass surgery veins and or arteries are taken from other parts of the body and used to bypass the narrow ones leading into the heart. During this process the chest cavity is open and the heart is stopped. Since the heart is stopped, drugs will be administered to control the amount of bleeding during surgery.



Since the heart is stopped, the drugs used to control bleeding is vital the to success of the surgery. The drug Trasylol was one of the most popular drugs used in heart bypass surgery to control the amount of bleeding. However, Trasylol manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceutical, has been showed to cause kidney failure. The FDA recalled Trasylol in 2007 on the account of receiving studies proven the negative effects of Trasylol on the kidneys of its patients. Bayer pharmaceuticals knew about the negative effects of Trasylol that caused kidney failure, but failed to tell anybody about it. During a regular meeting with the FDA, Bayer Pharmaceuticals had the test results proving the ill effects causing kidney failure but did not mention it to the FDA. If this information were given to the FDA, the FDA would have immediately recalled the drug saving over 20,000 lives.

Since Trasylol was the leading drug used in heart bypass surgery the amount of kidney failures seen in patients dramatically increased. This linkage of heart bypass surgery to kidney failure has cost thousands of lives. One of the most life threatening surgeries has now caused one of the most life threatening conditions. Another negative aspect of this whole ordeal is that patients usually have no knowledge of which drug they where administered during surgery. Therefore even if people are aware of the drug Trasylol recall, they might not be aware that they were administered the drug during surgery. Therefore if you, a friend, or relative has recently undergone heart bypass surgery that is now experiencing kidney failure, seek medical attention immediately.

The devastating effects that Trasylol has produced are unimaginable. The result of having heart bypass surgery that resulted in kidney failure is something that no one should go through. Therefore if for any reason you think you have been administered Trasylol, contact a doctor as soon as possible. If it turns out that you have been administered Trasylol and the cause of using the drug has linked your illness to kidney failure you may be entitled compensation for your medical expenses and other bills that were incurred. A Trasylol attorney will be able to determine how to proceed with your case and gain justice for you and your loved ones.