Cardiac Glycoside & Heart Failure
Electrolyte correlated with the heart
What is potassium?
Anginal Pain often manifest as a sudden pain beneath the sternum radiating to the
What is the left shoulder, arm, and jaw?
These are the four main classification groups of antidysrhythmics.
What are sodium channel blockers, beta-adrenergic blockers, potassium channel blockers, and calcium channel blockers?
This cholesterol absorption inhibitor may cause hepatitis or myopathy, especially if taken with a statin.
What is ezetimibe?
Medications used to prevent DVTs
What is anticoagulants?
Drug class of epinephrine, dopamine, dobutamine, isoproterenol, and norepinephrine
What is adrenergic agonists?
Complications of this medicine include Headache, Orthostatic hypotension, Reflex tachycardia, and Tolerance
What is Nitroglycerin (NTG)?
This is a major concern for antidysrhythmic medications because it can lead to increased cardiac dysrhythmias.
What is toxicity?
Atorvastatin is the prototype for this class of medications that decrease LDL and VLDL cholesterol and increase HDL to treat primary hypercholesterolemia and prevent coronary events, MI, and stroke.
What are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or statins?
Complication of this medication class
What is bleeding/hemorrhaging?
Lab value and range to monitor for digoxin
What is K 2.5-5.0?
Name the only calcium channel blocker that can be used with ranolazine
What is Amlodipine?
This sodium channel blocker can cause systemic lupus syndrome.
What is procainamide?
This antilipemic agent is administered subcutaneously and requires rotation of injection sites, and avoidance of areas of inflammation, rash, or injured skin.
What are monoclonal antibodies (alirocumab, evolocumab)?
Lab name and value to evaluate heparin
What is aPTT and 60-80 seonds?
Antidote for necrosis that can occur with extravasation in adrenergic agonists
What is phentolamine?
IV Nitroglycerin is started at a slow rate of
What is 5mcg/min?
This sodium channel blocker can cause respiratory arrest.
What is lidocaine?
Statins interact with grapefruit juice and these medications.
Antidote of warfarin
What is vitamin K?
This medications pharmacological action is renal blood vessel dilation
What is dopamine?
Ranolazine can cause QT prolongation which indicates an increase risk of
What is Torsades de pointes?
This potassium channel blocker can lead to pulmonary toxicity, sinus bradycardia, AV block, visual disturbances, phlebitis, and hypotension.
What is amiodarone?
These drugs interact with bile-acid sequestrants, like colesevelam, and should be taken 1 hour before or 4 hours after bile-acid sequestrants.
What are levothyroxine, 2nd gen sulfonylureas, phenytoin, fat-soluble vitamins, oral contraceptives, thiazide diuretics, digoxin, and warfarin?
Alteplase pharmacological action
What is dissolving clots?