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Michael Wagner was 48 and weighed 600 pounds. He underwent gastric bypass surgery <\/a>performed by general surgeon Hans Schmidt M.D. and an assistant surgeon Sabastian Eid M.D. Wagner had been taking prophylactic the blood thinner, Heparin <\/a>preoperatively.<\/p>\n

After the surgery, the dosage Wagner was receiving was reduced to once per day. During the first postoperative day, he experienced a slow heartrate and respiratory arrest. However, Wagner was discharged the next day with instructions to have 64 ounces of daily fluids and to take frequent walks. No blood thinners like Heparin were prescribed.<\/p>\n

Two days later, Wagner suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism<\/a>. He had been a financial manager earning about $140,000 annually and is survived by his wife, one minor child and one adult child.<\/p>\n

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