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  1. Nitrates to Patient with Aortic Stenosis

    leahvm posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I recently had a cardiologist tell me that if I gave a SL nitro to a patient with ACS and a history of severe aortic stenosis that I would have killed the patient! Can anyone explain this to

  2. Nitrates to Patient with Aortic Stenosis

    leahvm replied to leahvm's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks for the explanation, as a new nurse it really helps to understand why we do and don't do certain things. I just had another patient last night with a pericarial effusion and the cardiologist...

  3. What do you consider a positive troponin?

    leahvm replied to jax22's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I work on a cardiac unit with a positive troponin