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Heart Dis. Treatment
Cardiovascular Disorder Treatments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Correct cardiovascular rish factors, avoid precipitating factors,surgical interventions and medications | Angina Pectoris |
| Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Coronary artery bypass graft surgery and medications. | Myocardial Infarction |
| Medications, oxygen, bedrest, HOB elevated, monitor fluid retention (weigh daily 2.2 obs = 1 liter of body fluid) and strict I&O. | Congestive Heart Failure |
| High fowlers Orthopneic position, oxygen, and medications. | Pulmonary Endema |
| Restrict Activities, sodium restricted diet, diuretics, medications and surgical options. (Open mitral commissurotomy or valve replacement). | Valvular Heart Disease |
| Prevention (treat infections rapidly and completely with penicillin), bedrest, Nsaid's, application of heat, well balanced diet (supplement with B & C), encourage fluids and commissurotomy or valve replacement. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
| Oxygen, iv fluids, salicylates, antiobiotics antiinflammatory agents and surger (pericardial window or pericardial tap) | Pericarditis |
| Bedrest, antibiotics (iv 1-2 months), prophylactic antibiotics for high risk patients and or surgical repair of diseased valves or valve replacement. | Endocarditis |
| Bedrest, oxygen, antibiotics, antiinflammatory agents, and assessment of correction of dysrhthmias. | Myocarditis |