PHARMACOLOGY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY SYSTEMS

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS

DECREASE THE ENTRY OF CALCIUM INTO VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS

DIURETICS

INCREASE THE EXCRETION OF SODIUM AND URINE

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR AGENTS

DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE AND AFTERLOAD BY SUPPRESSING A SPECIFIC ENZYME

NITRATES

DECREASE ISCHEMIA THROUGH SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION AND DILATION OF PERIPHERAL VESSELS

ALPHA ADRENERGIC ANTAGONIST AGENTS

REDUCE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR TONE CAUSING DILATION OF ARTERIOLES AND VEINS RESULTING IN DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE

BETA BLOCKER AGENTS

DECREASED MYOCARDIAL OXYGEN DEMAND BY DECREASING HEART RATE AND CONTRACTILITY

EXPECTORANT AGENTS

INCREASE RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS WHICH HELP TO LOOSEN MUCUS

ANTICOAGULANT AGENTS

INHIBIT PLATELET AGGREGATION AND THROMBUS FORMATION

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS

PREVENT INFLAMMATORY-MEDIATED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION

POSITIVE INOTROPIC AGENTS

INCREASE THE FORCE AND VELOCITY OF MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION, SLOW THE HEART RATE, AND DECREASE CONDUCTIONS THROUGH THE AV NODE