Cardiovascular Drugs

Question 1

It is defined as a persistent systolic pressure of greater than 140mmHg and/or a diastolic pressure of greater than 90mmHg?

Answer 1

Hypertension

Question 2

It is the product of cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance?

Answer 2

Blood Pressure

Question 3

What are the drugs that accelerate the rate of urine formation that results to the removal of sodium and water from the body?

Answer 3

Diuretics

Question 4

A type of Angina that is intense at first but subsides within 15 minutes of rest or medication?

Answer 4

Chronic Stable Angina

Question 5

A pathologic state in which the heart is unable to pump in sufficient amounts from the ventricles to meet metabolic needs

Answer 5

Heart Failure

Question 6

It increase the rate in which the heart beats .

Answer 6

Positive Chronotropic Drugs

Question 7

Any deviation from the normal rhythm of the heart.

Answer 7

Dysrhythmias

Question 8

It is used as a topic anesthetic is with added epinephrine to control bleeding in the area?

Answer 8

Lidocaine

Question 9

It inhibits the action or formation of clotting factors and prevents clots from forming?

Answer 9

Anti-coagulants

Question 10

It breaks down clots and thrombi that have already formed?

Answer 10

Thrombolytic

Question 11

It works to prevent platelet adhesion at the site of blood vessel injury, occurs before the clotting cascade?

Answer 11

Antiplatelets

Question 12

A drug that inhibits cyclooxygenase in the platelet to prevent formation of TXA2?

Answer 12

Aspirin