Pulmonary hypertension therapies US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Pulmonary hypertension therapies Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: PDE-5 inhibitors result in increased blood flow in the _____ of the penis
Answer: corpus cavernosum
Flashcard 2: Prostacyclin (PGI2) is synthesized by COX-_____
Answer: 2
Flashcard 3: Prostacyclin (PGI2) is a potent vaso-_____
Answer: dilator
Flashcard 4: PDE-5 inhibitors may cause life-threatening _____ in patients taking nitrates
Answer: hypotension
Flashcard 5: drugs-receptor antagonists may cause _____ (BP) as an adverse effect
Answer: orthostatic hypotension
Flashcard 6: Which prostaglandins mediate vasodilation and increased vascular permeability? _____
Answer: PGE2, PGD2, and PGI2 (prostacyclin)
Flashcard 7: What drug class do vardenafil, tadalafil, and sildenafil belong to?_____
Answer: PDE-5 inhibitors
Flashcard 8: Bosentan antagonizes endothelin-1 receptors, causing _____ pulmonary vascular resistance
Answer: decreased
Flashcard 9: vardenafil
Answer: PDE5 inhibitor
Extra: erectile dysfunction patients taking nitrates (lethal hypotension) inhbit phosphodiesterase 5, resulting in increased cGMP and smooth muscle relaxation in corpus cavernosum headache, flushing, impaired blue-green color vision, hypotension, dyspepsia
Flashcard 10: sildenafil
Answer: PDE5 inhibitor
Extra: erectile dysfunction patients taking nitrates (lethal hypotension) inhbit phosphodiesterase 5, resulting in increased cGMP and smooth muscle relaxation in corpus cavernosum headache, flushing, impaired blue-green color vision, hypotension, dyspepsia
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