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Cardio Pharmacology II Flashcards

1
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mnemonic for antiarrythmics (I-IV)

A

Some - Sodium Channel Blockers (I)
Block - Beta Blockers (II)
Potassium - Potassium Channel Blockers (III)
Channels - Calcium Channel Blockers (IV)

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Class IA drug mnemonic and drug names

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The Queen Proclaims Diso’s Pyramid

Quinidine, Procainamide, Disopyramide

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Class IB drug mnemonic and drug names

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I’d Buy Lido’s Mexican Tacos

Lidocaine and Mexiletine

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Class IC drug mnemonic and drug names

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Can I have Fries, Please?

Flecainide and Propafenone

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5
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Class II drug class

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Beta Blockers

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Class III drug mnemonic and drug names

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AIDS

Amiodarone, Ibutilide, Dofetilide, Sotalol

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Class IV drug names

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Verapamil and Diltiazem

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What antiarrythmics are state dependent and what does that mean?

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Class I

selectively depress tissue that is frequently depolarized (tachycardia)

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Mechanism of class IA? (3)

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increase AP duration, increase ERP in ventricular action potential, increase QT interval

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clinical use of class IA?

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atrial and ventricular arrhythmia

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What are class IA drugs especially good at treating?

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re-entrant and ectopic SVT and VT

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12
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What drug causes Cinchonism (headache, tinnitus)?

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Quinidine

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13
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What drug causes reversible SLE-like syndrome?

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Procainamide

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14
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What drug causes heart failure?

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disopyramide

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15
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What AA class causes thrombocytopenia?

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Class I Quinidine, Procainamide, Disopyramide

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What do class I AA increase the risk for due to their mechanism?

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torsades de pointes due to increased QT interval

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17
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mechanism of class IB? (1)

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decreases AP duration

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18
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Where does class IB preferentially work?

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preferentially affect ischemic or depolarized Purkinje and ventricular tissue

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19
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What other drug can also fall into the IB category?

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Phenytoin

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20
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What drug class is used especially post-MI

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IB (Lidocaine and Mexiletine)

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21
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What is the use of class IB?

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acute ventricular arrhythmia (post MI)

digitalis-induced arrhythmia

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22
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What drug class is used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmia (post MI)?

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IB (Lidocaine and Mexiletine)

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what drug class is used to treat digitalis-induced arrhythmia?

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IB (Lidocaine and Mexiletine)

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What class of AA have a side effect of CNS effects (seizures)?

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IB (Lidocaine and Mexiletine)

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mechanism of Class IC drugs? (3)

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significantly prolongs ERP in AV node and accessory bypass tracts.
no effect on ERP in purkinje and ventricular tissue.
minimal effect on AP duration

26
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What class is used as a last resort for refractory VT?

27
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What is the clinical use of class IC drugs?

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SVTs, including atrial fibrillation

last resort for refractory VT

28
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What class of AA are contraindicated post-MI and why?

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Class IC because it is proarrhythmic

29
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When are class IC drugs contraindicated?

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contraindicated post-MI and in structural and ischemic heart disease

30
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Mechanism of Class II? (4)

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decrease SA and AV nodal activity by decreasing cAMP
decrease Ca++ currents
suppress abnormal pacemakers by decreasing slope of phase 4
increases PR interval (AV node is sensitive)

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Which Class II drug is very short acting?

32
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What is the clinical use of Class II AA?

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SVT, ventricular rate control for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

33
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What drug class can mask the signs of hypoglycemia?

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Class II B-Blockers

34
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What drug class can cause impotence?

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Class II B-Blockers

35
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General side effects of B-Blockers

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exacerbates COPD/asthma

CV depression and CNS depression

36
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all B-Blockers except which two cause unopposed A1 agonism if given for pheochromocytoma or cocaine toxicity

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Carvedilol and Labetalol

37
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What class II AA causes dyslipidemia?

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Metoprolol

38
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what class II AA can exacerbate vasospasm in Prinzmetal Angina?

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Propranolol

39
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How do you treat B-Blocker overdose? (3)

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Saline, Atropine, Glucagon

40
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mechanism of Class III? (3)

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increase AP duration, increase ERP, and increase QT interval

41
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clinical use of Class III (3)

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Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter

42
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What Class III AA treat ventricular tachycardia? (2)

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Amiodarone and Sotalol

43
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What AA has class I, II, III, and IV effects?

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Amiodarone

44
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What tests should you run when using Amiodarone?

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PFTs, LFTs, TFTs

45
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Adverse effects of Sotalol?

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torsades de pointes and excessive B blockade

46
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What class III AA has B-Blocker activity?

47
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Adverse effects of Ibutilide?

A

Torsades De Pointes

48
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Why does Amiodarone cause thyroid issues?

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Hypo/Hyperthyroidism due to it being 40% iodine by weight

49
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What side effects of Amiodarone are due to it acting as a hapten? (3)

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corneal deposits

blue/gray skin deposits leading to photodermatitis

50
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What organ toxicities occur when taking Amiodarone?

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pulmonary fibrosis and hepatotoxicity

51
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What drug toxicity does Amiodarone predispose you to and why?

A

Digoxin

decreases clearance of Digoxin

52
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Cardiovascular adverse effects of Amiodarone?

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bradycardia, heart block, HF

53
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What AA is very lipophilic?

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Amiodarone

54
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mechanism of class IV? (3)

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decrease conduction velocity
increase ERP
increase PR interval

55
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clinical use of Class IV? (2)

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prevention of nodal arrhythmias (SVT)

rate control in atrial fibrillation

56
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What are the adverse effects of class IV drugs? (4)

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Constipation
Flushing
Edema
CV depression

57
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Mechanism of Adenosine

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increases K+ out of cells hyperpolarizes the cell and therefore decreases inward Ca++ current

58
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Adenosine is the DoC for what?

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diagnosing and terminating PSVT and SVT associated with Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome

59
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How fast acting is adenosine?

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within 15 seconds

60
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What drugs blunt the effect of Adenosine and how?

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Theophylline and Caffeine

both are adenosine receptor antagonists

61
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What AA has an adverse effect of chest pain and sense of impending doom, and bronchospasm?

62
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What are the uses of Mg++? (2)

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treats Torsades de Pointes and Digoxin toxicity

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