{"id":23927,"date":"2018-04-27T19:44:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=23927"},"modified":"2021-12-20T22:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:14:23","slug":"digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Digoxin in HCM &#8211; Cardiology MCQ &#8211; Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Digoxin in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy \u2013 pick the correct statement:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Correct Answer: c) Low dose digoxin can be used to control ventricular rate in those with ejection fraction less than 50%, having NYHA class II-IV symptoms and permanent atrial fibrillation (Class Iib, level of evidence C, 2014 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Being an inotropic agent digoxin can enhance the left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO). Even in those without LVOTO, digoxin is not recommended, except in the specific subset mentioned above, that too only as a Class IIb recommendation.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Reference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">1. Elliott PM, Anastasakis A, Borger MA, Borggrefe M, Cecchi F, Charron P, Hagege AA, Lafont A, Limongelli G, Mahrholdt H, McKenna WJ, Mogensen J, Nihoyannopoulos P, Nistri S, Pieper PG, Pieske B, Rapezzi C, Rutten FH, Tillmanns C, Watkins H. 2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2014 Oct 14;35(39):2733-79.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq\/\"><strong>Back to question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_gmail_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digoxin in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy \u2013 pick the correct statement: Correct Answer: c) Low dose digoxin can be used to control ventricular rate in those with ejection fraction less than 50%, having NYHA class II-IV symptoms and permanent atrial fibrillation (Class Iib, level of evidence C, 2014 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines) Being an inotropic agent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cardiology-mcq","category-dm-dnb-cardiology-entrance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Digoxin in HCM - Cardiology MCQ - Answer - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq-answer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digoxin in HCM - Cardiology MCQ - Answer - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Digoxin in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy \u2013 pick the correct statement: Correct Answer: c) Low dose digoxin can be used to control ventricular rate in those with ejection fraction less than 50%, having NYHA class II-IV symptoms and permanent atrial fibrillation (Class Iib, level of evidence C, 2014 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines) Being an inotropic agent [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq-answer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-27T14:14:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-20T17:14:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Johnson Francis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Johnson Francis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq-answer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/digoxin-in-hcm-cardiology-mcq-answer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Johnson Francis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5441d907049b914770f4bd98fb57feec\"},\"headline\":\"Digoxin in HCM &#8211; 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