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[gja1000]

Hmmm... Heparin is a blood thinner - it doesn't get rid of fluid. They use Heparin when someone has a blood clot. I'm wondering if the pacemaker was too slow, which can cause the potential for a clot to form in the heart and then travel to the lungs or brain.

Usually they use Lasix or Demadex to draw off the fluid. Heparin is just a blood thinner. Perhaps though, if the blood is thinner, then it is easier for Lasix or Demadex to work to get the fluid off.