CARDIOLOGY
AORTIC STENOSIS
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Question
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What is medication will require life-long of aortic dissection to manage blood pressure?
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ACEI
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Beta blockers
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ARB
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Calcium channel blocker
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Medical management with antihypertensive therapy, including beta blockers, is the treatment of choice for all stable chronic aortic dissections. Pain management is an important but difficult aspect of medical therapy. Narcotics and opiates are the preferred agents.
Detailed explanation-2: -In acute Type B dissection, intravenous medications are prescribed to reduce blood pressure quickly (eg, vasodilators such as nitroprusside, hydralazine, beta blockers) and to manage pain (eg, morphine). Longer term medications include beta blocker therapy.
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