DOCs Flashcards
AFib with HF or low EF
Dofetilide (Tikosyn)
AFib
Amiodarone (Cordarone)
Atrial flutter
Ibutilide (Corvert)
But usually just get zapped
Abolishing SVT
Adenosine (Adenocard)
Digoxin-reduced arrhythmias
Magnesium sulfate
Ventricular arrhythmias, particularly those with “sick hearts” with arrhythmias like post MI
Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
First line Rx for HTN
Diuretics
First line drug post MI for HTN
ACE Inhibitors
HTN complicated by renal disease
Clonidine (Catapres, Duraclon)
Coronary spasms or air in the coronaries
Nitroglycerine (Nitrobid, Nitrek)
CPB termination
Nitroglycerine and Nitroprusside
Edema in emergency situations (pulmonary edema from decompensated CHF)
Loop diuretics
2nd line treatment for edema of heart failure
Thiazide diuretics
Diuretic of choice for liver failure with edema
Spironolactone (Aldactone)
Variant angina
Nifedipine (Procardia)
Many supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, such as SVT
Verapamil (Calan, Isoptin)
Prevent radial artery spasms during harvest and postoperatively to maintain graft patency
Diltiazem (Cardizem)
Exercise induced angina
Beta blockers (particularly B1 blockers)
Cardiac arrest
Epinephrine (Adrenaline)
Short term HF patients (patients struggling to come off bypass)
Bipyradines Inamrinone (Inocor) Milrinone (Primacor)
All stages of HF, particularly those with low EF
ACE inhibitors