Cardiovascular Drugs Flashcards
its anti-hypertensive medication use to help kidney to remove more sodium and water from the body
DIURETICS
diuretic drugs and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to treat various diseases such as Glaucoma and edema.
Acetazolamide
a loop diuretic medication used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease
Furosemide
an osmotic diuretic drugs to stabilizing the pressure to patient’s brain after surgery
Mannitol
potassium-sparing diuretic (water pill)
Spironolactone
Hydrochlorothiazide diuretics
H.C.T.Z
a central acting medication under class Adrenergic drug used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension)
Methyldopa
receptor blockers help relax your veins and arteries to lower your blood pressure and make it easier for your heart to pump blood and a medication that is used to treat hypotension resulting from septic shock or other distributive shock
Angiotensin II
primary drugs for prevention and treatment of angina (chest pain) caused by coronary artery disease
Nitroglycerin
a health problem when the heart cannot pump blood throughout the body properly
Heart Failure
a drugs that increases the contractility of the heart muscle
Positive inotropic drugs
a drug used to treat certain heart failure
Digoxin
a test to check heart rhythm and electrical activity and to determine the condition of the heart
electrocardiogram (ECG)
administer antidote Protamine sulfate
heparin
antiplatelets medication prevent cyclooxygenase to prevent formation of TXA2 (thromboxane)
Aspirin
