The nursing instructor is teaching the junior nursing students about aortic regurgitation. What classification of drugs are used to treat aortic regurgitation?
A) Antihypertensives
B) Anticoagulants
C) Cardiac glycosides
D) Antiarrhythmics
C
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Because aortic regurgitation is mild and only slowly progressive in most people, clients are sustained with cardiac glycosides or beta-blockers and diuretics. Antihypertensives, anticoagulants, and antiarrhythmics are not the type of drugs used to treat aortic regurgitation.
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