Lecture 4 - Antiarrhythmics Flashcards
In what type of patients is arrhythmia a frequent problem?
- 25% of patients with digitalis (heart failure)
- 50% of anesthetized patients
- 80% of patients with MI
T or F: anti-arrhythmic drugs can produce arrhythmia
true
What is the normal pacemaker?
SA node
What are the conduction fibres??
AV node, bundle of His, Purkinje fibres
What is included in the term “healthy myocardium”?
atria and ventricles
Super briefly describe how atria and ventricles contract using SA and AV nodes
- SA node causes atria to contract
- AV node allows for a pause for ventricles to fill
- Then ventricles contract
Normal cardiac rhythm = ?
sinus rhythm
Define arrhythmia
any rhythm that is not a normal sinus rhythm with normal AV conduction
What is the main pacemaker and initiator of heart beat?
SA node
SA node = ____bpm
60-100
AV node spontaneously discharges at ____ bpm (normally overridden)
40-60
What is the function of conduction fibres?
to excite the ventricular mass as near simultaneously as possible
Purkinje fibres spontaneously discharge at ___bpm (overridden)
20-40
P wave
atrial depolarization
QRS complex
ventricular depolarization
T wave
ventricular repolarization
PR interval
conduction time atria to ventricles
QRS interval
time for all ventricular cells to be activated
QT interval
duration of ventricular action potential
Most anti arrhythmic drugs act on ___ _____
ion channels
Class 1 Antiarrhythmic drugs block __ channels
Na
Class 2 Antiarrhythmic drugs block _______
B-receptors
**class 2 antiarrhythmics are B-blockers lol
Class 3 Antiarrhythmic drugs block __ channels
K
Class 4 Antiarrhythmic drugs block ___ channels
Ca
Class __ Antiarrhythmic drugs have other mechanisms
5
List some Class 1 Antiarrhythmic drugs
procainamide, lidocaine, flecanide
List some Class 2 Antiarrhythmic drugs
propranolol, metoprolol, esmolol (B blocker)