The nurse is reviewing medication for heart failure. The nurse is correct to assume that the front-line therapy for heart failure currently consists of which regimen?
a. Loop diuretic, potassium-sparing diuretic, and cardiac glycoside
b. Calcium channel blocker, diuretic, and cardiac glycoside
c. Diuretic, ACE inhibitor, and beta blocker
d. Beta blocker, calcium channel blocker, and diuretic
ANS: C
The first-line therapy for heart failure now consists of three drugs: a diuretic, an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB), and a beta blocker.
The other regimens listed are not considered first-line therapy for heart failure.
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