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Chapter 11

Cardiovascular Drugs: Anticoagulants and Antianginal Agents

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Hemostasis is a vital process that stops the bleeding from an injured blood vessel. It involves an enzyme-catalyzed cascade called blood coagulation, …
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Oral anticoagulants treat or prevent blood clotting. They can be vitamin K antagonists like warfarin, direct thrombin inhibitors or DTIs, such as …
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Antiplatelet drugs are primarily used to prevent and manage thromboembolic diseases, where abnormal clots form to obstruct blood vessels. These drugs …
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Hyperlipidemia is a condition characterized by elevated cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. If untreated, it can lead to serious complications …
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Ischemic heart disease occurs when the blood supply to the heart is reduced or obstructed. This leads to insufficient oxygen and nutrient delivery, …
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Anti-anginal drugs, such as organic nitrates and β-blockers, are used to treat angina pectoris, characterized by chest pain due to reduced blood flow …
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Calcium channel blockers, or CCBs, and ranolazine are two important types of drugs used to treat angina pectoris. CCBs block calcium channels in cardiac …
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There is the need for a clinical assay to determine the extent to which a patient’s blood is effectively anticoagulated by the …
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Fibrin is an extracellular matrix protein that is responsible for maintaining the structural integrity of blood clots. Much research has been done on …
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Coronary artery spasm (CAS) can be diagnosed in a large proportion of patients with recurrent angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA) …