Deck 4: Cardiovascular Medications

Question 1

Heart disease is responsible for what percentage of deaths in the United States each year?

A) 25%
B) 55%
C) 10%
D) 40%

Answer 1

40%

Question 2

What drugs are often prescribed after a person suffers a myocardial infarction because the medication relieves stress on the heart muscle by reducing the force of a heartbeat?

A) Beta blockers
B) Calcium channel blockers
C) Diuretics
D) Angiotensin II receptor blockers

Answer 2

Beta blockers

Question 3

Which drug type blocks a liver enzyme that produces LDL (bad) cholesterol?

A) Beta blockers
B) Sodium channel blockers
C) Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB)
D) Statins

Answer 3

Statins

Question 4

What drug therapy can reduce hypertrophy , which is the thickening of the heart?

A) NSAID
B) CCB
C) ACE inhibitors
D) ARB

Question 5

Medications prescribed to affect blood clotting are called _____________ agents.

A) antihyperlipidemic
B) antianginal
C) antiarrhythmic
D) antithrombotic

Question 6

What is caused by electrical signals that produce a quiver, not a contraction, in the heart muscles of the atria or ventricles?

A) Angina
B) Sinus tachycardia
C) Fibrillation
D) Sinus bradycardia

Question 7

What drug slows nerve impulses within the heart, which in turn decreases heart rate and oxygen requirements?

A) Potassium channel blockers
B) Antiplatelet agents
C) Sodium and potassium combinations
D) Vasodilators

Question 8

What type of diuretics is often used in emergencies when a person has evidence of fluid overload?

A) Loop
B) Thiazide
C) Potassium sparing
D) Calcium sparing

Question 9

Which chemical creates cardiac cell contractions?

A) Sodium
B) Calcium
C) Potassium
D) Magnesium

Question 10

Which of the following is the study of how the body metabolizes a drug and how the body distributes or excretes drugs?

A) Bioavailability
B) Pharmacogenetics
C) Pharmacokinetics
D) Pharmacodynamics

Question 11

What herb increases the toxicity when it interacts with aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs by increasing the toxicity of the drug?

A) Ginkgo
B) Goldenseal
C) Ginseng
D) Ginger

Question 12

What drugs are prescribed to treat angina , or chest pain, caused by blocked or constricted arteries and veins of the heart?

A) Potassium channel blockers
B) Vasodilators
C) Statins
D) Sodium channel blockers

Question 13

What type of drugs can be administered to control an irregular heartbeat, premature (and/or) extra beat, and supraventricular or ventricular irregular beats?

A) Antihyperlipidemics
B) Antiarrhythmics
C) Vasodilators
D) Antianginals

Question 14

Which drug can be prescribed for people who have a normal blood pressure but suffer from acute heart failure and cannot tolerate ACE inhibitors?

A) Vasodilators
B) Statins
C) Beta blockers
D) Diuretics

Question 15

What hormone is responsible for regulating sodium and water balance in the body?

A) Adrenaline
B) Norepinephrine
C) Epinephrine
D) Angiotensin

Question 16

Drugs used to lower blood cholesterol come under a class of medications called ___________________ .

A) antithrombotics
B) antihyperlipidemics
C) antiarrhythmics
D) antianginals

Question 17

Which of the following herbs may increase hypertension and heart rate, and decrease the effectiveness of antithrombotic agents?

A) Ginger
B) Ginkgo
C) Ginseng
D) Garlic

Question 18

What type of drugs is intended to work by expanding the blood vessels and by preventing the chemical called angiotensin II to form?

A) ACE inhibitors
B) Beta blockers
C) Calcium channel blockers
D) Diuretics

Question 19

Which of the following binds to receptors in the blood vessels causing the blood vessels to constrict?

A) Epinephrine
B) Noradrenaline
C) Aldosterone
D) Angiotensin II

Question 20

What is it called when a person becomes lightheaded or even faints and the heart is beating too slowly?

A) Premature Atrial Complex
B) Premature Ventricular Complex
C) Syncope
D) Cardiomegaly

Question 21

Which of the following is used by the liver to create clotting factors?

A) Potassium
B) Vitamin K
C) Calcium
D) Vitamin E

Question 22

The___________ is a combination of the drug dose administered and how the body metabolizes the drug.

A) therapeutic effect
B) therapeutic range
C) drug interaction
D) target concentration

Question 23

What is the food that poses the most known danger for some cardiovascular medications?

A) Dairy products
B) Dark leafy vegetables
C) Egg yolks
D) Natural licorice

Question 24

Which of the following is the rate a drug is absorbed or the degree at which a drug is absorbed into the body?

A) Bioavailability
B) Medication toxicity
C) Automaticity
D) Action potential

Question 25

When the blood clot reduces blood flow in the brain, it is called a ___________________.

A) myocardial infraction
B) cerebral vascular accident
C) transit ischemic attack
D) stroke

Question 26

What medication is commonly prescribed to treat or improve chronic kidney disease and kidney failure manifested from diabetes?

A) Beta blockers
B) Calcium channel blockers
C) Angiotensin II receptor blockers
D) Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors

Question 27

What drugs decrease the speed of the electrical conduction in the heart therefore stabilizing the cardiac membrane by inhibiting automaticity?

A) Sodium and potassium combination
B) Sodium channel blockers
C) Beta blockers
D) Potassium channel blockers

Question 28

To prevent medication side effects, the beverage that should be avoided with most medications is _____________.

A) grapefruit juice
B) milk
C) alcohol
D) coffee

Question 29

What type of medications are primarily used for patients suffering from a stroke and the blood clots originate in the heart, and for atrial fibrillation?

A) Anticoagulant agents
B) Antithrombotic agents
C) Beta-adrenergic blocking agent
D) Antiplatelet agents

Question 30

What type of interaction occurs when a drug counteracts with another drug, herb, vitamin or food that provides a similar effect to the body?

A) Pharmacogenetic
B) Pharmacodynamic
C) Pharmacy
D) Pharmacokinetic

Question 31

Patients with blood pressure problems usually have high blood pressure, which is known as ____________.

A) hypertrophy
B) hypothermia
C) hypotension
D) hypertension

Question 32

When the therapeutic level of digoxin increases due to a drug to drug interaction, the result can be_____________.

A) myocardial infarctions
B) irregular heart rhythms
C) sudden blood clotting
D) increased blood volume

Question 33

Which of the following occurs somewhere within the heart's conduction system, such as the SA or AV node?

A) Bradyarrhythmia
B) Supraventricular arrhythmia
C) Long QT Syndrome
D) Ventricular arrhythmia

Question 34

With heart failure, the heart will become enlarged, a condition known as_____________ .

A) coronary artery disease
B) syncope
C) cardiomegaly
D) sinus tachycardia

Question 35

What was the first recognized antiplatelet drug?

A) Coumadin
B) Heparin
C) Warfarin
D) Aspirin