Cardio Pharmacology
This drug has the common side effect of a cough
IN ACE inhibitors like Ramipril the increased bradykinin levels causes major symptoms like a cough
A patient has central, sharp, non-radiating chest pain that is alleviated when leaning forward
What is pericarditis
The early diagnosis and prevention of progression of a disease
What is secondary prevention?
The universal donor
What is Blood type O-
This is the inactive product of renin
What is angiotensin I
Thiazidines work on this section of the nephron
What is Distal convoluted tube
Caleb LeBlance, a young famous son in the famous bratayley family, died of this disease
What is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (CMH)
The disadvantage of this is the poor motivation between the healthcare practictioner and the patient
What is primary prevention in population stratgey?
The scavenger receptor class is on this cells surface
What is macrophages?
Carries endogenously made TG
What is VLDL (very low density lipoproteins)
A 65-year old man with a known history of cardiovascular disease and COPD is seen by his GP. Upon performing a routine blood test, the GP notes that the patient is mildly hyponatraemic., which is caused by one of his drugs
What is bendroflumethiazide
Differentiate between asymptomatic and symptomatic AAA presentations, discussing the significance of each in terms of diagnostic evaluation and treatment.
What are the clinical manifestations of asymptomatic AAA, often discovered incidentally during routine examination or imaging, compared to symptomatic AAA presentations, which may involve pain, distal embolization, or rupture requiring urgent intervention?
This form of bias happens when participants' responses are influenced by their awareness of being part of a study.
What is response bias?
an ABCA1 mutation that causes reduced levels of HDL in plasma
What is Tangier disease?
What is at the centre of the blood vessel?
This drug is the best of two worlds (or shall we say two class)
What is Sotalol?
a class III drug but has class II properties
When people attribute the onset of their illness to fate, chance, or luck, they are using this type of attribution.
What is external attribution
This physiological response, critical during low PaO2 levels, involves nitric oxide and adenosine release leading to vasodilation in the cerebral circulation.
What is the metabolic response to hypoxia?
Thorax pressure decreases while abdominal pressure increases. Blood flow does not happen
What is thoracic pump on expiration?
This drug is tetratogenic
What is warfarin?
Approximately 25% of the population has this personality type, which is a prognostic risk factor in patients with confirmed coronary heart disease.
What is Type D personality
Pressure of atria, venous return, gravity and volume of blood in circulation have a big role to play in the body
What is things that affect ventricular filling