Exam 49: Topic: Medicines Used to Treat Heart Failure

Clients who have renal impairment are at risk of developing ________ during treatment with ACE inhibitors.

Which one of the following is NOT a pathophysiological change associated with heart failure?

Adverse effects such as an unproductive cough and taste disturbances may occur from which category of medicine frequently used for treatment of heart failure?

When the left side of the heart fails,what symptoms result?

According to guidelines developed by the National Heart Foundation and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand,what is the first medication to consider for heart failure?

Milrinone is an example of what type of cardiac drug?

Dopamine and dobutamine are examples of what class of cardiac drugs?

The current optimal drug therapy in the management of heart failure is:

To use ivabradine,the patient's heart rate must be at least ________ beats per minute.