03b: HF Flashcards
T/F: All drugs given parenterally for treatment of acute HF.
True
Which drugs should cross your mind for treatment of acute HF?
(ALL IV)
- Diuretics (furosemide)
- Nitrovasodilators
- Inoroptes (dobutamine)
What are drawbacks/complications of using diuretics in acute HF?
- Electrolyte issues
- RAAS activation
- Overdiuresis
Treating patient with acute HF: taking someone who is (warm/cold) and (wet/dry) and making them the opposite.
Cold and wet;
Making them warm and dry
T/F: Furosemide/lasix is given for acute HF at a fixed dose.
False - threshold for effective diuresis is individualized (titrate)
Which electrolytes may be depleted upon administration of furosemide?
K, Mg, and Ca
Most common inotropes used in acute HF:
- Dobutamine (beta-agonist)
2. Milrinone (PDE Inhibitor)
List the most common nitrovasodilators used in acute HF.
- Nesiritide (hBNP)
- Nitroprusside
- Nitroglycerin
(Nesiritide/nitroprusside) acts as a NO donor. It is (more/less) potent and (more/less) safe to use as (Nesiritide/nitroprusside).
Nitroprusside;
More; less safe (cyanide toxicity on liver/kidneys)
Nesiritide
Nitrates, like nitroglycerin, are given to treat acute HF and primarily cause (venodilation/arterial dilation). What’s its mechanism of action?
Venodilation (as well as arterial at higher doses);
Acute HF: mechanism of action of milrinone.
PDE inhibitor; increases cAMP (inhibits its breakdown)
Heart tissue: this increases Ca and contractility
SM: cAMP causes vasodilation
Acute HF: adverse effects of dobutamine
Cardiac arrhythmia
Acute HF: adverse effects of milrinone
Cardiac arrhythmia (plus hypotension)
In acute HF, CO is gonna be (low/high) and PCWP is gonna be (low/high) in nearly all cases, so (X) level is the guide to therapy.
Low; high
X = SVR
Which drugs should cross your mind for treatment of chronic HF?
(ALL ORAL)
- Diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide)
- ACE-I
- Beta-blockers
- Digoxin (glycoside)
Hydrochlorothiazide mechanism of action.
Blocks Na/Cl transporter at DCT
Hydrochlorothiazide side effects.
- Hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia
2. Hypokalemia
T/F: Both ACE-I and ARBs reduce cardiac remodeling
True
Spironolactone is (X) drug used to treat (acute/chronic) HF. What is the mechanism of action?
X = K-sparing diuretic
Chronic;
Blocks aldosterone receptor in collecting tubule
Spironolactone side effects.
Hyperkalemia, gynecomastia
(X) drugs are second-line for chronic HF, behind (Y) drugs, except in african americans and some other disease states.
X = nitrates (nitrovasodilators) PLUS hydralazine Y = ACEI/ARBs
Pt with both chronic heart and renal failure. What’s first-line agent to treat his HF?
Isosorbide dinitrate (nitrovasodilator) and hydralazine
Hydralazine is a(n) (X) agent that has which mechanism of action
X = (direct acting) vasodilator
Increases NO release from endothelial cells