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lak

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Treatments for heart failure, including drug therapy, are based on the stages developed by the ACC/AHA. Stage A patients are treated with:
 
  1. Drugs for hypertension and hyperlipidemia, if they exist
  2. Lifestyle management including diet, exercise, and smoking cessation only
  3. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to directly affect the heart failure only
  4. No drugs are used in this early stage

Question 2

Increased life expectancy for patients with heart failure has been associated with the use of:
 
  1. ACE inhibitors, especially when started early in the disease process
  2. All beta blockers regardless of selectivity
  3. Thiazide and loop diuretics
  4. Cardiac glycosides


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
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lak

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Reply #2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 24, 2018
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