anti-arrythmics Flashcards
class Ia NaCh Blockers
Double Quarter Pounder
disopyramide
quinidine
procainamide
class Ib NaCh blockers
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lidocaine
tocainide
mexiletine
class Ic NaCh blockers
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moricizine
Flecainide
propafenone
class II beta blockers
esmolol
metoprolol
propranolol
class III KCh blockers
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class IV CCBs
verapamil
diltiazem
other ACLS drugs
adenosine atropine MgSO4 anticoagluants digoxin naloxone vasopressors
vassopressors
Epi
NE
vasopressin
dopamine
Na concentrations
intracellular 5-15
extracellular 135-142
K concentrations
intracelluarl 135-140
extracellular 3-5
factors which may precipitate or exacerbate an arrythmia
ischemia, hypoxia, acidosis, alkalosis, electrolyte abnormalities, excessive catecholamine exposure, autonomic influences, durg toxicity, over stretching of cardiac fiber
duration of diastolic interval
determined by slope of phase 4
early after depolarizations
transient deplarization that interrupts phase 3
exacerbated at slow heart rates contributes to long QT
delayed afterdepolarization
interrupts phase 4
often occurs when intracellular Ca is increased
exacerbated by fast HR
responsible for some arrhytmias related to excess digitalis, catecholamines, and myocardial ischemia
abnormal impulse conduction: severe depressed conduction
may result in simple block (AV, bundle branch)
b/c parasympathetic control of AC conduction is significant partial AV block sometimes relieved by atropine
abnormal impulse conduction: reentry
impulse reenters and excited areas of heart more then once
3 conditions:
-must be obstacle, thus establishing a circuit
-must be unidirectional
-conduction time must be long enough that retrograde impluse does not encounter refractory period
depress autonomic properties of abnormal pacemaker cell
decrease slope of phase 4 and/or elevate threshold potential
alter conduction characteristics of pathways of reentry - facilitate conduction
(shorten refractoriness) of area of unidirectional block -> anterograde conduction can proceed
-depress conduction
(prolong refractoriness) in area of unidirectional block or in pathway w/slowed conduction and short refractory period -> retrograde propagation of impluse no permitted causing bidirectional block
type I
NaCh Blockers
Ia
prolong action potential duration, dissociate from channel w/intermediate kinetics
Ia effects
- decrease conduction velocity
- increase refractoriness
- decrease autonomic properties of Na dependent conduction
- unidirectional block transformed to bidirectional
- some K blocking properties
- effective in supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
Ib
shorten AP duration in some tissues in heart and dissociate rapidly
Ib effects
decrease refractoriness w/no effect on conduction velocity -> improces anterograde conduction, eliminating area of unidirectional block
in diseased tissue refractoriness prolonged leading to bidirectional block
clinically effective in ventricular arrhythmias > suprventricular
Ic
minimal effects on AP duration and dissociate slowly
Ic effects
profoundly decreased conduction velocity while leaving refractoriness
theroretically eliminate reentry by slowing conduction to point where impulse is extinguished
clinically effective in supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, but ventricular limited due to risk of proarrhythmias
II
sympatholytic beta blockers decrease conduction velocity increase refractoriness decrease automaticity in nodal tissues anti-adrenergic actions
III
KCh blockers
prolong AP duration
prolong refractoriness in atrial and ventricular tissues
delay repolarization by blocking KChs
IV
CCBs
slows conduction where AP dependent on Ca (SA and AV nodes)
decreases conduction, increases refractoriness, decreases automacity in Ca dependent tissues
procainamide
Ia
slows upstroke of AP, slows conduction, prolongs QRS, prolongs APD (due to some KCh block), direct depressant effects on SA and AV nodes