Cardiovascular System Flashcards
Amount of tension (stretch) applied to a muscle before contraction = force of venous return
A. Preload
B. Loading
C. Afterload
A. Preload
Load against which a muscle exerts its force = arterial pressure that the left ventricle overcomes to eject blood
A. Preload
B. Loading
C. Afterload
C. Afterload
One of the goal of antihypertensive therapy is to achieve a blood pressure of less than 140/90mmHg and for patients with hypertension and diabetes, less than 130/90mmHG
A. True
B. False
C. None
A. True
Drugs that accelerate the rate of urine formation that results to the removal of sodium and water from the body.
A. Clodipogrel
B. Diuretics
C. Niacin (Nicotinic acid)
B. Diuretics
Solution used to treat cardiac conditions.
A. Lidocaine
B. Cardiac glycosides
C. Clodipogrel
A. Lidocaine
Alter platelet function without preventing the platelets from working.
A. Anti-fibrinolytic
B. Hemorrheologic
C. Anti-coagulants
B. Hemorrheologic
Breaks down clots and thrombi that have already formed
A. Anti-fibrinolytic
B. Thrombolytic
C. Anti-platelet
B. Thrombolytic
Hemostatic drugs, promote blood coagulation
A. Hemorrheologic
B. Lidocaine
C. Anti-fibrinolytic
C. Anti-fibrinolytic
Inhibits ADP to prevent signal to aggregate and from a clot
A. Colostazol
B. Diuretics
C. Clodipogrel
C. Clodipogrel
Colostazol reduced platelet aggregation via inhabitation of ___ Phosphodiesterase
A. T3
B. T2
C. T4
A. T3
The mechanism of action is unknown but believed to inhibit lipolysis in adipose tissue, increase of lipoprotein lipase
A. Niacin (Nicotinic acid)
B. Cardiac glycosides
C. Clodipogrel
A. Niacin (Nicotinic acid)
Oldest group of cardiac drugs, came from foxglove or Digitalis plant
A. Colostazol
B. Lidocaine
C. Cardiac glycosides
Early stage of progressive artery disease characterized by pain increasing in severity and frequency and may even occur at rest
A. Chronic Stable Angina
B. Unstable Angina
C. Vasospastic Agina
B. Unstable Angina
Increase the force of myocardial contraction
A. Positive Chronotropic drugs
B. Positive dromotropic drugs
C. Positive inotropic drugs
C. Positive inotropic drugs
Increase the rate in which the heart beats
A. Positive Chronotropic drugs
B. Positive dromotropic drugs
C. Positive inotropic drugs
A. Positive Chronotropic drugs