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WorksheetsDrugs for Congestive Heart Failure
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
The following is TRUE of heart failure:
It is a lifestyle disease.
A condition when your heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should.
It can be caused by coronary artery disease, heart attack, cardiomyopathy, and high blood pressure
It is due to a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain.
It only affects the elderly.
The following CHF drug eliminates fluid retention:
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
Angiotensin receptor blockers
Beta blockers
Diuretics
Aldosterone antagonists
Digoxin
block the effect of nerves in the sympathetic nervous system,
reduce hospitalization.
causes hypokalemia.
slows and strengthens heart contractions.
has no side effects.
A 62-year-old smoker presented to the ER with a severe heart failure with dyspnea due to pulmonary congestion. What is the drug of choice in this case?
Digoxin
Spironolactone
Nitroglycerine
Enalapril
The following group of drugs are the 1st line of treatment for both hypertension and heart failure:
ACE inhibitors
Diuretics
Cardiac glycosides
ARBs
Beta-blockers
Which of the following drugs act by blocking Na/K ATPase thus increasing cardiac muscle contractility?
Dobutamine.
Milrinone
Digoxin
Hydralazine
The following drug has a potassium sparing effect:
Spironolactone
Digoxin
Furosemide
Ramipril
Eplerenone
Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitors (ARNI) is
a combination of an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and a neprilysin inhibitor.
primarily used to treat hypertension.
avoided in patients with a history of angioedema
used for short-term management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
used as a first-line treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
A 55-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents with acute shortness of breath and oedema. The following medication is most appropriate for immediate management:
Atenolol
Losartan
Carvedilol
Furosemide
Bumetanide
Which of the following medications is primarily used to reduce preload in patients with heart failure?
Isosorbide dinitrate
Digoxin
Amiodarone
Metoprolol
