List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents
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The following are medications commonly prescribed cardiac pharmaceutical agents. The specificity of the following medications is highly variable, and often are not particularly specific to a given class. As such, they are listed as are commonly accepted.
Antiarrhythmic agents
[edit]Group of pharmaceuticals that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia.
- Type I (sodium channel blockers)
- Type Ia
- Type Ib
- Type Ic
- Type II (beta blockers)
- Type III (potassium channel blockers)
- Type IV (slow calcium channel blockers)
- Type V
ACE inhibitors
[edit]Class of antihypertensives that work by causing relaxation of blood vessels as well as a decrease in blood volume, which leads to lower blood pressure and decreased oxygen demand from the heart.[1]
- Benazepril
- Captopril
- Enalapril
- Fosinopril
- Lisinopril
- Moexipril
- Perindopril
- Quinapril
- Ramipril
- Trandolapril
Alpha blockers
[edit]- doxazosin
- chlorpromazine
- phentolamine
- indoramin
- phenoxybenzamine
- prazosin
- terazosin
- tolazoline
- urapidil
Angiotensin II receptor antagonists
[edit]Class of antihypertensives that bind to and inhibit the angiotensin II receptor type 1 and thereby block the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of renin–angiotensin system.
- Azilsartan medoxomil
- Candesartan
- Eprosartan
- Fimasartan
- Irbesartan
- Losartan
- Olmesartan
- Telmisartan
- Valsartan
Beta blocker
[edit]Class of medications that are competitive antagonists that block the receptor sites for the endogenous catecholamines epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) on adrenergic beta receptors, of the sympathetic nervous system.
- Acebutolol
- Atenolol
- Betaxolol
- Bisoprolol
- Carteolol
- Carvedilol
- Esmolol
- Labetalol
- Metoprolol
- Nadolol
- Nebivolol
- Oxprenolol
- Penbutolol
- Pindolol
- Propranolol
- Sotalol
- Timolol
Mixed alpha + beta blockers
[edit]- bucindolol
- carvedilol
- labetalol
- clonidine (indirectly)
Calcium channel blockers
[edit]Antimineralocorticoid
[edit]Antiplatelet drug
[edit]Anticoagulant
[edit]Fibrinolytics
[edit]Diuretics
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Herman, Linda L.; Padala, Sandeep A.; Ahmed, Intisar; Bashir, Khalid (2023), "Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI)", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 28613705, retrieved 2023-10-04
