Cardiovascular Drugs Flashcards
Helps fight infection through WBC and antibodies like lymphocyte.
Cardiovascular System
It increases urine formation.
Diuretics
It works on the proximal tubule and descending loop of Henle.
Osmotic diuretic
If the patient is allergic to sulfonamide, they are also allergic to ___________________________.
Carbonic anhydrase
Rationale: Because they are relative they carry the same material and structure.
It is effective in restoring hair growth.
Minoxidil
A cardiac enzyme that will tell us that the patient is having myocardial infarction.
Troponin
Why grapefruit and calcium channel blockers should not be taken together?
Because it will reduce the metabolism of Nifedipine leading to toxicity.
A type of angina wherein the patient experience very intense pain in the chest but disappears after medication or rest in 15 mins. Also called exertional angina.
Chronic Stable Angina
This is when the patient’s heart rate is too fast. It ranges from 150-250 bpm.
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Any process that stops bleeding.
Hemostasis
This drug is used when there is bleeding; surgery, tooth extraction.
Lidocaine
Pathologic state in which the heart is unable to pump in sufficient amount in ventricle to meet metabolic needs.
Heart Failure
Increase the heart rate in which the heart beats.
Positive Chronotropic Drugs
A drug that increases the force of myocardial contraction.
Positive Inotropic Drugs
The amount of blood ejected with each contraction.
Ejection fraction
The difference between platelet clot and fibrin clot.
Platelet clot is very unstable and could be removed by the blood flow while Fibrin clot is an end product of the coagulation phase; stable enough to stop bleeding.
Coagulant modifiers that work on the platelet phase. It prevents the platelet plug from forming.
Anti-platelet
Most effective for exertional angina. (Chronic stable angina). Approved for treatment of MI, hypertension, cardiac dysrhythmias and essential tremor.
Beta blockers
Tropical drugs that are applied to speed up the closing of wounds. It stops the fibrinolytic system so that it continues to clot.
Anti-fibrinolytic Drugs
Drug that accelerate conduction/electrical activity within the heart.
Positive dromotropic drugs
