QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Is it more common for a patient with heart failure to have a heart that is larger or
smaller than expected?
Larger
Smaller
Larger
Pathologic examination of cardiac muscle from a patient with cardiac
hypertrophy shows narrowed cardiomyocytes. What type of hypertrophy does
this patient have?
Physiologic hypertrophy
Concentric hypertrophy
Eccentric hypertrophy
Eccentric hypertrophy
Which drug, when administered by itself, can relieve both congestive and low
cardiac output symptoms?
Inotropic agent
, Vasodilator
Diuretic
Vasodilator
Which class of drugs has the most direct effect on cardiac hypertrophy itself?
ACE inhibitor
Vasodilator
Diuretic
Inotropic agents
ACE inhibitor
By blocking the Na+/K+ pump, does digoxin increase of decrease cardiac output?
Increase
Decrease
Increase
The concentration of what compound in the blood would be expected to increase
following administration of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor?
Epinephrine
cAMP
Dopamine
Digoxin
Nitric oxide