Drugs for IHD Flashcards
IHD is characterized by what
partial occlusion of the coronary artery
What is classic angina?
=angina of effort/stable angina
CP during stress or exertion, caused by occlusion of coronary artery d.t a athersclerotic plaque.
What is variant (prinzmetal) angina?
How do we get it
CP d.t episodes of vasoconstriction of coronary arteries that occur when resting, often genetically inherited.
What type of angina is the most common?
Classic angina/stable angina
Angina is caused by imbalance of what?
Oxygen demand of the heart and oxygen supply via the coronary arteries
When do we experience CP in angina?
When the demand of the heart is GREATER than what can be supplied.
HEART is THIRTSTTTTYYY for blood.
Our heart wants blood, but our coronary arteries are having a heart time suppling it, causing our heart to hurt => angina.
What are two ways to solve this problem?
- 1. Decrease cardiac work => decrease myocardial O2 demand
- 2. Increase blood flow via CA
Name the 4 nonsurgical/surgical approaches to increasing blood to the heart?
- CABG
- PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
- Atherectomy: catheter with a sharp blade removes plaque
- Stent
What is the problem with atherectomy?
Risk of reocclusion
What type of stent is preffered?
Drug eluting stent: stent that is covered with an antiproliferative medication, to prevent blockage in the future.
Vasodilators can be use to increase coronary blood flow and treat what kind of angina?
Variant (Prinzmetal angina) => relieves vasospasm => increases flood flow to the area.
Vasodilators shoud NOT be used for what types of angina?
- Classic angina (athersclerotic angina)
Vasodilators should not be used for classic angina. Why?
- Coronary steal phenomenon
- Vasodilators will dilate normal BV.
- BV with plaques, are, however, already maximally dilated. Thus, during excercise, vasodilators will SHUNT the little amount of blood passing the [plaque => ischemic tissue], and redirect it to the normal BV, which now is sending more blood than needed to NL tissue, which the ischemic tissue is getting even less.
Which vasodilator can cause coronary steal syndrome
Dipyramidole
What determines how much oxygen our heart needs?
- 1. HR
- 2. Contractility
- 3. Preload
- 4. Afterload
What causes the production of endogenous NO?
ACh, Bradykinin, Substance P or mechanical stress on the endothelial cell => makes NO => acts on smooth muscle by + GC (Guanylyl cyclase) => vasodilation
Describe the role of organic nitrates (nitroglycerin) in maintaining vascular tone?
- Organic nitrate is metabolically activated by thiol (ADH2) => NO activates GC (guanylyl cyclase) in vascular smooth muscle–> ↑ cGMP –> ↑ PKG (protein kinase G), which does 2 things:
- Dephosphoylates Myosin-LC –> smooth m. relaxation
- Open K+ channel => hyperpolarization and decreased Ca+ influx
Pharmacokinetics of Nitrovasodilators
First Pass Metabolism (amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation d/t some lost during absorption by gut wall and liver):
Administration:
- First Pass Metabolism: Significant, d/t high amount of nitrate reductase in the liver
- Administration: Sublingual, buccal or transdermal bc oral route decreases bioavailablity, thus, given though other mechanisms
Which nitrate is a poor substrate of nitrate reductase in the liver and therefore has higher bioavailability?
Isosorbide mononitrate
What is the crucial for the activation of nitrates to release NO?
Reduce VIA thiol (ADH2) => releases NO from nitrates
Which vessels are most sensitive => least sensitive to Nitrates?
Nitrates dilates vein and large artries BEST
Veins > large arteries > Small arteries and arteroles
What is the major effect of nitrates?
Relaxes vascular smooth muscle by:
-
Dilates veins**:
- increases venous capitance
- reduces pre-load => decreases O2 demand
- => treats stable angina
- With higher concentrations, dilates coronary arteries:
- reduces afterload
- stops spasm
- => treats variange angina