Cardiovascular Drugs Flashcards
What is the findings for normal Blood Pressure?
Less than 120 systolic (upper number) and Less than 80 diastolic (lower number)
What is the findings for Elevated Blood Pressure?
120-129 systolic and less than 80 diastolic
What is the findings for High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Stage 1?
130-139 systolic and 80-89 diastolic
What is the findings for High Blood Pressure stage 2?
140 or higher systolic and 90 or higher diastolic
What is the findings for Hypertensive Crisis?
Higher than 180 systolic and higher than 120 diastolic
What are the Cardiac factors?
Heart Rate and Contractibility
What are the Circulating Volume?
Salt and Aldosterone
What are the Drugs for Cardiac factors?
Beta blockers, Calcium channel blockers and centrally acting adrenergics
What are the Drugs for Circulating volume?
ACE inhibitors and Diuretics
What is the CNS of System vascular resistance?
Centrally acting adrenergics (Alpha2)
What is the local of System vascular resistance?
Peripherally acting adregernics
What are the receptors of System vascular resistance?
Alpha (Alpha 1 blockers)
Beta (Beta blockers)