Exam 6: Drugs Used in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders

A patient is experiencing supraventricular tachycardia.You try to have the patient perform Valsalva's maneuver with no success.She has 90% bilateral carotid stenosis.What should you do next?

A patient complains of syncope,postural hypotension,tachycardia,throbbing headache,and hot flushes.These findings are common side effects of which medication?

A patient asks you what an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor does.How should you respond?

Which of the following drugs have antibodies made from sheep protein and can be used to reverse digitalis toxicity?

When mixed with nitrates,which drug can cause hypotension,dizziness,and even death?

Which of the following drugs is most effective at reducing high triglyceride levels in which very low density lipoproteins (VLDLs)predominate?

Hypokalemic alkalosis is a side effect of which type of drug?

Which drug is both a class II and class III antiarrhythmic?

What drug is a class IC medication that stabilizes membranes and depresses the action potential phase?

Which of the following phosphodiesterase inhibitors is used for short-term treatment of congestive heart failure when a patient is unresponsive to conventional therapy?

Which substance increases the depletion of potassium,thereby increasing the risk of digitalis toxicity in patients taking digoxin?

Potassium channel blockers are in which class of antiarrhythmic drugs?

While a patient is on statins,which of the following should be monitored?

Why is epinephrine given during cardiac arrest?

Which of the following potassium channel blockers is given intravenously to control life-threatening ventricular fibrillation that is unresponsive to other agents?

Which agent binds to Ca++ channels to decrease Ca++ influx and to slow the response of the sinoatrial (SA)and atrioventricular (AV)node?

Calcium channel blockers are in which class of antiarrhythmics?

Fish oils high in omega-3 fatty acids have demonstrated which benefit?

A patient with digoxin toxicity will most likely report which symptom?

Which of the following drugs has a significant first-pass metabolism and,therefore,is commonly prescribed either sublingually or via transdermal patch?