Cardiovascular Drugs — Flashcards

Does digoxin reduce mortality in patients with chronic heart failure?_____

Drugs used for management of HOCM include _____ blockers and non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers

_____ is the only lipid-lowering agent that lowers lipoprotein(a) levels significantly.

Class II antiarrhythmics, such as _____, can be used for intra-operative or other acute supraventricular arrhythmias (very short-acting).

Adenosine causes coronary _____ via its action on A2 receptors

Cardiovascular/Renal_____ inhibitors decrease heart remodeling induced by high levels of angiotensin II (e.g. chronic hypertension)

Nesiritide, a _____ analog, causes Na+ loss through diuresis

Dyslipidemia drugs _____ significantly reduce LDL levels (30-60% reductions)

Cardiovascular (Antiarrhythmics) _____ and sotalol (class III antiarrhythmics) may be used to treat ventricular tachycardia

Hydralazine is often co-administered with a _____ to minimize the reflexive sympathetic activation and tachycardia