Cardiovascular Drugs Flashcards
The system that contains the heart and the blood vessels that moves blood throughout the body
Circulatory System
The circulatory system is composed of the
Heart and Blood Vessels
They are responsible to transport blood under high pressure to tissues
Arteries
The one that collect blood from capillaries
Venules
It is a load against which a muscle exerts its force
Afterload
This is considered as a normal blood pressure
120/80mmHg
A first number or sound that measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats
Systolic
Drugs that accelerate to increase the amount of water and salt being expelled from the body as urine
Diuretics
Kind of diuretic that used to force urine production in people with acute kidney failure
Mannitol
Severe hypotension resulting to loss of consciousness
First Dose Syncope
An Angina types on which early stage of progressive artery disease characterized by pain increasing in severity and frequency
Unstable Angina
Is a condition on which the heart is unable to pump blood all throughout the body
Heart Failure
An HF drugs that increase the rate in the heart beats
Positive chronotropic drugs
An abnormal or irregular rhythm of the heartbeat
Dysrhythmia
Inhibit the action or formation of clotting factors and prevent clots from forming
Anti-coagulants
