Board Review: Aortic Dissection
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A 63 year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with sudden onset chest pain that is tearing to the back. Blood pressure is 200/110 and the patient looks very uncomfortable. You order a CTA of the Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis and diagnose Aortic Dissection. What is the medication of choice in the initial management of aortic dissection in this patient?
A. Nitroprusside
B. Nicardipine
C. Esmolol
D. NItroglycerin
E. Diltiazem
Answer is C: Esmolol
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