Cardiovascular Drugs

Question 1

It transports oxygen, nutrition, hormones, electrolytes, and other needs to cells while also removing carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes.

Answer 1

Circulatory System

Question 2

Afterload

Answer 2

The load against which a muscle exerts its force equals the arterial pressure that the left ventricle must overcome in order to expel blood.

Question 3

Blood pressure

Answer 3

The product of cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance.

Question 4

Diuretics

Answer 4

Drugs that increase the rate of urine formation, resulting in sodium and water removal from the body.

Question 5

Types of Angina

Answer 5

i. Chronic Stable Angina - severe but resolves within 15 minutes of rest or medicine; caused primarily by atherosclerosis; can be provoked by effort or stress (cold, emotions); and exacerbated by smoking, alcohol, coffee, and some narcotics.
ii. Unstable Angina - an early stage of progressive artery disease characterized by pain that worsens and occurs even at rest.
iii. Vasospastic Angina - caused by spasms of the smooth muscle that surrounds the coronary arteries and occurs at rest with no triggers but usually at the same time of day.

Question 6

Nitrates and Nitrites

Answer 6

Nitrogen is bonded with three oxygen atoms in nitrates, while nitrogen is bonded with two oxygen atoms in nitrites. Both are authorized preservatives that prevent hazardous bacteria from growing.

Question 7

Heart failure

Answer 7

A pathologic condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood from the ventricles to meet metabolic demands.

Question 8

Medicines used to treat heart failure and irregular heartbeats are one of several drug classes used to treat heart disease and other conditions. These drugs are a common source of poisoning.

Answer 8

Cardiac glycoside

Question 9

Medications used to prevent and cure an abnormally rapid or irregular heartbeat. It is caused by an issue with your heart’s electrical system. Your heartbeat may be too fast, too slow, or unpredictable (irregularly).

Answer 9

Antiarrhythmics Drugs

Question 10

Lidocaine

Answer 10

Used as a topical anesthetic is with added epinephrine to control bleeding in the area. Never used intravenously.

Question 11

Inhibits the function or synthesis of clotting factors, preventing clot formation.

Answer 11

Anti-coagulants.

Question 12

Hemorheologic

Answer 12

Alter platelet function without preventing the platelets from working

Question 13

breaks down clots and thrombi that have already formed

Answer 13

Thrombolytic

Question 14

Anti-Coagulants

Answer 14

Suppressing specific clotting factors, you can prevent the formation of a clot. There is no direct effect on an already formed blood clot.