Pharmacology - Anti-Anginal Drugs (Exam 4) Flashcards
Heart-attack like symptoms due to emotional and physical stress; more prone to post-menopausal women
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)
Which part of the heart is affected in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)?
Left ventricle is enlarged
(looks like an octopus pot)
What are the symptoms of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)? (8)
Angina pectoris (sudden severe chest pain)
Shortness of breath
Arrhythmia
Cardiogenic shock
Fainting
Low BP
Heart failure
Nausea
Chest pain
Angina pectoris
Usually manifested as severe, transient, retrosternal pain that can radiate to arms, back, or jaw
Angina pectoris
What is the cause of angina pectoris?
Cardiac ishemia/hypoxia
What is the main culprit of angina pectoris?
Atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease)
What are the 4 risk factors of atherosclerosis?
- High cholesterol
- High BP
- Diabetes
- Genetics
What are the steps leading to angina pectoris? (10)
- Stress/exertion
- Sympathetic discharge
- Catecholamine release (epi + norepi)
- Vasoconstriction
- Increased venous return, preload, HR, & O2 demand
- Autoregulation
- Coronary artery dilation
- Atherosclerosis of coronary artery causes narrowing & fixed blood flow
- Cardiac ischemia
- Angina pectoris
What are the 4 types of angina pectoris?
- Stable
- Unstable
- Variant
- Cardiac syndrome X
Which types of angina pectoris are caused by atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease)
Stable
Unstable
Which type of angina is described as vasospastic or prinzmetal (abnormal coronary artery spasm)?
Variant
Which type of angina is described as microvascular and has signs associated with decreased blood flow to heart tissue, but with normal coronary arteries?
Cardiac syndrome X
What type of angina?
Pain during stress and exertion
Predictable and manageable
Stable plaque
Stable
What type of angina?
Sudden, irregular, unpredictable (even at rest)
Sudden platelet aggregation or plaque breaking away from an artery wall
Unstable plaque
Unstable
Which angina is a “walking time bomb” for myocardial infarction?
Unstable
What is an example of non-pharmaceutical management for atheroscleorsis?
Stent with balloon angioplasty
What is the balloon coated with for an angioplasty?
Drugs to prevent clotting
T/F stent with balloon angioplasty is a transient solution for atherosclerosis
True
What type of angina?
Pain at rest, often when sleeping
Caused by vasospasm of coronary artery
Variant (aka vasospastic or prinzmetal)
What is the mechanism for drugs for angina pectoris?
Increase O2 supply
Increase coronary blood flow
Decrease cardiac workload
Decrease O2 demand
What are the 3 types of drugs used for angina pectoris?
- Nitrates/nitrites
- Ca2+ channel blockers
- B blockers
Which drug is a nitrate/nitrite?
Nitroglycerin
Nitrates/nitrites are a component of what?
Nitric oxide
What does nitric oxide cause at low doses vs high doses?
Low doses = vasodilation in veins
High doses = vasodilation in arteries
T/F nitric oxide is a free radical gas
True
What was previously known as endothelium-derived relaxation factor?
Nitric oxide
What happens when nitric oxide dilates arteries at high doses?
Increase coronary blood flow
Increase O2 supply
What happens when nitric oxide dilates veins at low doses?
Decrease venous tone, preload, CO, O2 demand
T/F nitric oxide (NO) is the same as nitrous oxide (N2O)
FALSE, they are NOT the same
Explain how nitrates cause relaxation (5 steps)
- Nitrate enters SM cell and becomes NO
- NO causes guanylyl cyclase + GTP to become cGMP
- MLC phosphatase is activated
- Increase in myosin LC
- Relaxation
What breaks down cGMP to GMP in the SM cell to cause contraction?
PDE (phosphodiesterase)
What can inhibit PDE to prevent the break down of cGMP to GMP in the SM cell (prevents contraction)?
Sildenafil (PDE-5 inhibitor)
(aka Viagra)
Which drug is used for acute episodes of angina pectoris?
Nitroglycerin