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- Amiodarone is first-line agent in patients with pulseless VT/VF
- Fibrinolysis reduces incidence of pericarditis in MI
- Malar rash, arthralgias, HTN - drug induced lupus like syndrome, cause hydralazine
- Amiodarone is effective for converting AFib to sinus rhythm and maintaining sinus rhythm
- Acebutolol is cardioselective beta blocker with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity
- In the ISCHEMIA trial, patients with chronic coronary artery disease who underwent revascularization had improvement in anginal symptoms compared with those who received pharmacologic therapy alone
- Acute decompensated heart failure, furosemide IV infusion, rising Cr - do right heart catheterization
- HTN, bradycardia - next ECG
- Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, low limb lead QRS voltage, concentric thickening of LV, Tc-pyrophosphate scan increased myocardial uptake - diagnosis cardiac amyloidosis, tafamadis is transthyretin stabilizer with reductions in all-cause mortality, fewer hospitalizations, and less functional decline in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy
- Marfan syndrome, thoracic aorta diameter <5 cm, stage 1 HTN, bradycardia - next losartan 25 mg daily