Cardiovascular Drugs Flashcards
It is composed of the heart and blood vessels.
Circulatory system
Amount of tension applied to a muscle before contraction.
Preload
Defined as a persistent systolic pressure of greater than 140mmHg and/or a diastolic pressure of greater than 90mmHg.
Hypertension
Determined by the product of cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance.
Blood pressure
Drugs that accelerate the rate of urine formation that results to the removal of sodium and water from the body.
Diuretics
Acts of the brain by decreasing NE production.
Central acting
Intense but subsides within 15 minutes of rest or medication and caused mainly by atherosclerosis and can be triggered by exertion or stress.
Chronic Stable Angina
Pathologic state in which the heart is unable to pump in sufficient amounts from the ventricles to meet metabolic needs.
Heart failure
Increases the rate in which the heart beats.
Positive chronotropic drugs
It is used as a topic anesthetic is with added epinephrine to control bleeding in the area.
Lidocaine
