Cardiovascular Drugs

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Diuretics

Question 2

A condition that is defined as a persistent systolic pressure of greater than 140mmHg and/or diastolic pressure of greater than 90mmHg

Answer 2

Hypertension

Question 3

A drug that works along the carbonic anhydrase enzyme system in the proximal convoluted tubule. Once inhibited, Na and H2O will not be reabsorbed thus excretion is accelerated

Answer 3

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor

Question 4

What is the meaning of the anti-hypertensive drug ACEI?

Answer 4

Angiotesin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor

Question 5

These drugs function to block calcium from the excitation-contraction coupling process in heart and vascular smooth muscle cells resulting to vasodilation; decreases afterload, depression of conduction through SA and AV nodes

Answer 5

Calcium Channel Blocker

Question 6

These drugs function to directly cause peripheral vasodilation

Answer 6

Vasodilators

Question 7

What is the intense angina but subsides within 15 mins of rest or medication and caused mainly by atherosclerosis and can be triggered by exertion or stress (cold, emotions) and exacerbated by smoking, alcohol, coffee and some drugs?

Answer 7

Chronic Stable Angina

Question 8

What is the condition where the heart is unable to pump in sufficient amounts from the ventricle to meet the metabolic need of the body?

Answer 8

Heart Failure

Question 9

What are these drugs inhibits clot forming factors and prevents clots from forming?

Answer 9

Anti-coagulants

Question 10

These drugs prevent lysis of fibrin by displacing plasmin from the fibrin clot or by increasing factor VII

Answer 10

Anti-fibrinolytic Drugs

Question 11

These drugs function to bind bile and prevent resorption of bile acids in the small intestine to prevent absorption of cholesterol

Answer 11

Bile Acids Sequestrants