Review-Cardiac Practice

Question 1

What are the types of drugs that affect blood pressure directly

Answer 1

• Vasodilator
• Vasopressor
• Vasoconstrictor

Question 2

Therapeutic treatments for blocked heart vessels include ____

Answer 2

• Percutaneous cardiac intervention
• Balloon angioplasty
• Coronary artery bypass graft

Question 3

Drug that opposes high blood pressure

Answer 3

Antihypertensive

Question 4

Drug that increases the strength of the heart contraction

Answer 4

Cardiotonic

Question 5

Drug that breaks down clots

Answer 5

Thrombolytic

Question 6

Drug that narrows the diameter of a blood vessel

Answer 6

Vasoconstrictor

Question 7

Drug that causes the expansion of a blood vessel

Answer 7

Vasodilator