Discussion questions (III)

Cardiovascular system drugs

1. Hypertensive patient accompanied with one of the following complications, which

antihypertensive drugs could be chosen for treatment (please also list the reasons of
the choice)?
(1) Congestive heart failure (2) Angina pectoris
(3) Asthma (4) Gastric ulcer
(5) Renal dysfunction (6) Hyperlipemia
(7) Diabetes mellitus (8) Serious conduction block in the heart
(9) Psychological depression
2. The aims and the principles of antihypertensive drug treatment.
3. Classification of drugs for treatment of congestive heart failure; the mechanisms of
action of representative drugs.
4. Classification of drugs used in the treatment of hyperlipoproteinemias; and the
mechanism of action of these drugs.
5. Compared the mechanism of actions, therapeutic uses, adverse reactions of ACE
inhibitors with AT1-receptor blockers (list their similarities and dissimilarities).
6. Compared the therapeutic uses (similarities and dissimilarities) of class II with class IV
antiarrhythmic drugs.
7. Compared the mechanism of antianginal actions of nitroglycerin with propranolol; and
list the advantages of the combinations of the two drugs.
8. What are the clinical symptoms of digitalis intoxication?
9. What is the mechanism of toxic action of digitalis?
10. Which situations can not be used with digitalis?
11. The classification of antihypertensive drugs.