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Question 7 0.5 pts Mrs. Doe is also taking Toprol XL 50 mg daily. Toprol is a beta blocker which acts to O reduce the workload of heart by slowing the rate of the heartbeat. This drug also lowers blood pressure block the action of the enzyme that causes the blood vessels to contract resulting in hypertension Ocause the heart and blood vessels to relax by decreasing the movement of calcium into the cells of these structures

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1. Mr. Doe is taking Toprol XL 50 mg daily.

Toprol is a beta-blocker it otherwise known as a beta-adrenergic blocker, It blocks the effects of the hormone adrenalin which reduces the workload of the heart by slowing the rate of the heart, which leads to a reduction in blood pressure.

Answer - reduces the workload of the heart by slowing the rate of the heartbeat, this drug also lowers blood pressure.

2. She developed ventricular tachycardia type symptomatology due to sick sinus conduction system disease. At that time a permanent pacemaker was placed to control arrhythmia.

The response that describes arrhythmia is

Potentially fatal condition because the heart beating is so rapidly that it unable to adequately pump blood through the body.

A very rapid heartbeat that begins with the ventricles

Rapid, irregular, and useless contraction of the ventricle (Ventricular fibrillation)