Angina Flashcards
What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption?
- Ventricular wall stress
- both preload (end diastolic pressure) and afterload (end-systolic pressure) affect ventricular wall stress - Heart Rate
- Inotropic state (contractility)
- Myocardial metabolism (glucose vs fatty acids)
Coronary blood flow is essentially negligible during systole and is therefore determined by:
- perfusion pressure during diastole (aortic diastolic pressure)
- Duration of diastole
- Coronary vascular resistance
- atherosclerosis
- intracoronary thrombi
- metabolic produducts that vasodilate coronary arterioles
- autonomic activity
- extravascular compression
what is the commonly used non-invasive index of myocardial oxygen demand
“double product”
- Heart rate X systolic blood pressure
- also known as the rate pressure product
How do organic nitrate treat angina?
end results!
vasodilate coronary arteries
reduce preload and afterload
How do calcium channel blockers treat angina
vasodilate coronary arteries
reduce afterload
the non-dydropyridines (verapamil and diltiazem) also decrease heart rate and contractility
how do beta blockers treat angina
decrease heart rate and contractility
decrease afterload secondary to a decrease in cardiac output
improve myocardial perfusion secondary to a decrease in heart rate
describe in detail the mechanism of nitrates in vasodilation:
NO activates a ________ form of _______ in smooth muscle.
cytosolic form of guanylate cyclase in smooth muscle
NO:
activated guanylate cyclase catalyzes ____.
formation of cGMP
NO:
cGMP activates _____
cGMP-dependent protein kinase
NO:
Activaiton of the cGMP-dependent protein Kinase results in _______ that reduce _____ and ____ the plasma membrane causing ____.
phosphorylation of several proteins* that reduce the intracellular calcium and hyperpolarize the plasma membrane causing relaxation
The 3 major effects of Nitrovasodilators are 1. Peripheral Vasodilation 2. Increased Coronary Blood Flow 3. Inhibition of platelet function Descibe each of the three in detail.
- dilation of veins predominates over that of arterioles
- decreased preload improves subendocardial perfusion
- little or no effect on total coronary blood flow in patients with typical angina due to atherosclerosis - this is why it is so good at treating unstable angina
What is coronary steal phenomenon?
Effect of nitrovasodilators due to increased coronary blood flow - dilation of coronary arteries can paradoxically result in aggravation of angina
which nitrates can hepatic blood flow and disease affect their pharmacokinetics?
GTN & ISDN
which nitrate is a gas?
onset and duration?
Amyl Nitrate
inhalation
rapid onset, duration 3-5 min
which nitrate is not suitable for maintenance therapy and is metabolized by first pass?
onset?
duration?
GTN & ISDN
rapid onset of action 1-3 min sublingually
duration 20-30 min
not suitable for maintence therapy