Cardiovascular Drugs

Question 1

made up of blood vessels that carry blood away from and towards the heart

Answer 1

circulatory system

Question 2

Any deviation from the normal rhythm of the heart

Answer 2

DYSRHYTHMIAS

Question 3

Cholesterol

Answer 3

used to make steroid
hormones, cell membranes, bile
acids

Question 4

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

Answer 4

HEART FAILURE

Question 5

increase the force of myocardial contraction

Answer 5

POSITIVE INOTROPIC drugs

Question 6

increase the rate in which the heart beats

Answer 6

POSITIVE CHRONOTROPIC drugs

Question 7

early stage of progressive artery disease characterized by pain increasing in severity and frequency and may even occur at rest

Answer 7

Unstable Angina

Question 8

from spasms of the smooth muscle that surrounds the coronary arteries and occurs at rest without any triggers but usually occurring at the same time of d

Answer 8

Vasospastic Angina

Question 9

2 primary lipids in blood

Answer 9

Triglycerides and cholesterol

Question 10

combination of TG and Chol which transport lipids via the blood

Answer 10

Lipoprotein