RT Book, Section A1 Ali, Nisha A1 Bhandari, Manoj A2 Saad, Muhammad A2 Bhandari, Manoj A2 Vittorio, Timothy J. SR Print(0) ID 1166696635 T1 10 Real Cases on Arrhythmias: Diagnosis of Tachyarrhythmia and Bradyarrhythmia With Management T2 Patient Management in the Telemetry/Cardiac Step-Down Unit: A Case-Based Approach YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260456998 LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166696635 RD 2024/03/29 AB A 75-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with the complaint of dizziness for the past week. He denied any chest pain, shortness of breath, tinnitus, hearing loss, or syncope. He has a medical history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and glaucoma. His medications included aspirin, pravastatin, amlodipine, hydrochlorothiazide, carvedilol, and timolol eye drops. His dose of carvedilol was increased from 6.25 to 12.5 mg last week by his primary physician. He denied any toxic habits. On physical examination in the ED, he was vitally stable with no significant findings. Initial ECG is shown in Figure 2.1.1. All prior ECGs showed normal sinus rhythm. CT of the head showed no abnormality. The patient was transferred to the telemetry floor where carvedilol was kept on hold. How would you manage this patient?