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what exactly causes the occlusive vascular disease of thromboangiitis obliterans? - aka Buerger's disease inflammatory thrombi affecting the medium and small vessels (nonatherosclerosis) polymorphonuclear leukocytes, microabscesses, and multinucleated giant cells may be presen Treatment options for thromboangiitis obliterans? - smoking cessation most important! cilostazol (PDE 3 inhibitor) has vasodilator properties (alleviated symptoms) if raynauds also present, CCB (nifedipine) what heart failure treatment provides a benefit of reduction in morbidity and mortality? - ACE inhibitors beta blockers can also reduce M&M diuretics have no reduction in mortality how would you manage a patient with a MI in the setting of cocaine use? - benzodiazepine early no beta blockers If PCI cannot be done for a STEMI patient within 120 minutes, what should be done? - fibrolytic therapy then do PCI & coronary angiography when it can be done