ADHF Flashcards
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TTT Of Acutely decompensated heart failure with a normal blood pressure and signs of volume overload
A
the drug of choice for the initial management is intravenous diuretic Furosemide. (Furosemide, bumetanide, and torsemide are the most commonly used loop diuretics).
Vasodilators should be considered as first-line agents in hypertensive patients with ADHF with severe pulmonary congestion and hypoxia, and ADHF Nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, and nesiritide are commonly used vasodilators in the management of ADHF.
In ADHF,
inotropic agents are useful when there is hypotension, low cardiac output, Dobutamine and milrinone are commonly used, inotropic agents. Levosimendan is a new long acting drug
