Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Professions 7th Edition by Ruth Woodrow,Bruce Colbert ,David Smith

Exercise 21

Isaac Doniego, a 77-year-old widower with heart failure, has been treated successfully with a combination of ACE inhibitors and diuretics. However, his symptoms worsen and became life threatening despite pharmacologic treatment, so he is hospitalized for evaluation and stabilization on a cardiac glycoside. What type of cardiac glycoside is Isaac's physician most likely to prescribe
A) Synthetic adenosine
B) Lidocaine or a related drug
C) Digitalis product
D) Thiazide