Name the 3 sites of actions in which a vasodilator can be classified.
Give and example of an Arterial dialator, venodialator, and a balanced vasodialator.
Pure arteriole dilator causes minimal effect on what?
-Preload
Balanced vasodilator (SNP) decreases what 2 things?
-Afterload and preload
What drug may be the only pure pulmonary vasodilator?
-Nitrous Oxide
PGE1 is excellent pulmonary vasodilator, but also causes systemic?
Hypotension
What drug may improve coronary circulation?
-NTG
Which drug will increase coronary perfusion pressure?
-Nitroglycerine
In presence of coronary steal, what drug will shunt blood away from ischemic areas and what drug will direct more blood to the ischemic area?
- Nitroglycerine is good during MI
How does nitroglycerine treat myocardial ischemia?
- Venodialation decrease venous return and filing pressure
How does CCB treat myocardial ischemia?
Why is SNP non-useful with myocardial ischemia?
- Coronary steal
What 2 drugs use NO, in order to produce their effects? and how do they work?
- NTG (Requires a cofactor to release NO in smooth muscle)
How does NO (therefore SNP and NTG) produce vasodialation?
- cGMP inhibits calcium entry into smooth muscle cells, which produces vasodialation
What are the effects of NO?
What are the clinical applications of NO?
What are the adverse effects of NO?
What type of drug will prolong the effects of NO?
-phosphodiesterase (PDE) viagra & cialis
What are the effects of SNP?
What are the adverse effects of SNP?
SNP usage guidelines?
What are the advantages of SNP?
Disadvantages of SNP
What is the hyperdynamic response sometime seen with SNP? and how do you treat it?