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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2018

A 44-year-old patient with postinfarction cardiosclerosis presents with frequent heart rate disorders and lower extremity edema. Objectively: Ps- 95/min., irregular, 10- 12 extrasystoles per minute. BP- 135/90 mm Hg. The 1st heart sound at the apex is weakened. Pulmonary respiration is rough. The liver is enlarged 2 cm. ECG: irregular sinus rhythm, heart rate – 95/min., frequent polytopic ventricular extrasystoles. What antiarrhythmic drug is advisable in this case for treatment and prevention of extrasystole?

Answer options

  1. Novocainamide (Procainamide)
  2. Mexiletine
  3. Amiodarone
  4. Quinidine
  5. Lidocaine
Correct answer

Amiodarone

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