Transcription of CHAPTER CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
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CHAPTER CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS The American Heart Association estimates that greater than 50% of deaths are related to some form of CARDIOVASCULAR disease, and many of these may be effectively prevented by appropriate external intervention. CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS can be broadly categorized as 1) anti-anginals, 2) anti-arrhythmics, 3) anti-hypertensives, 4) anti-coagulants, 5) anti-hyperlipidemic agents, 6) hypo-glycemic agents, and 7) anti-thyroid DRUGS and thyroid hormones. This CHAPTER includes a discussion of the first four categories.
to reduced work load and hence lowered oxygen requirement. Out of four different types of calcium channels, an L-type channel, named for its long-lasting nature, is principally responsible for the inward current of divalent calcium ions into skeletal, cardiac and muscle cells. Calcium channel antagonists that bind these L-type channels cause
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