PACKRAT Questions with correct answers

Clinical Intervention: Innocent Murmur CORRECT ANSWER -harmless sounds made by the blood circulating normally through the heart's chambers and valves or through blood vessels near the heart -can be common during infancy and childhood and often disappear by adulthood -sometimes known as "functional" or "physiologic" murmur -do not require medication, do not create cardiac symptoms, and do not mean that there is a heart problem or heart disease. Clinical Therapeutics: Angina CORRECT ANSWER -complication of coronary artery disease leading to symptoms (chest pain= most classic) -typical outpatient regimen includes 4 drugs: daily Aspirin + Beta blockers + sublingual Nitroglycerin as needed + daily Statin -Revascularization= definitive management (i.e. angioplasty or bypass graft) Clinical Therapeutics: Atrial Fibrillation CORRECT ANSWER MANAGEMENT: *Stable: rate control with beta blockers or non-dihydropyridine CCBs; Digoxin may be used when beta blockers or CCBs are contraindicated [CHF, severe hypotension]