Do you ever give NSAID’s to patients with cardiomyopathy? Usually not, and here is evidence supporting why we don’t. But are there some NSAID’s that have less unfavorable outcomes?
Key Discussion Points: Early treatment of acute heart failure with loop diuretics lowers mortality despite initial mortality risk, and this treatment strategy might be even more effective in high-risk AHF patients Earlier treatment/identification of acute heart failure relied heavily on…
Thank you Dr. Daniel Jimenez for an excellent presentation on TCA induced cardiotoxicity Teaching Points Clinical presentation: anticholinergic sx (urinary retention, constipation), CNS (seizures, coma), acidosis, arrythmias ECG: prolonged QRS/PR/QT --> predisposes for ventricular arrhythmias) Management: supportive care, benzos for seizures,…