List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents
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
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
- Ajmaline
- Procainamide
- Quinidine
- Type Ib
- Lidocaine
- Phenytoin
- Type Ic
- Encainide
- Flecainide
- Propafenone
- Type Ia
- Type II (beta blockers)
- Bisoprolol
- Carvedilol
- Metoprolol
- Propranolol
- Type III (potassium channel blockers)
- Type IV (slow calcium channel blockers)
- Type V
ACE inhibitors
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
- doxazosin
- chlorpromazine
- phentolamine
- indoramin
- phenoxybenzamine
- prazosin
- terazosin
- tolazoline
- urapidil
Angiotensin II receptor antagonists
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
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
- bucindolol
- carvedilol
- labetalol
- clonidine (indirectly)
Calcium channel blockers
- dihydropyridines:
- non-dihydropyridines
Antimineralocorticoid
Antiplatelet drug
Anticoagulant
Fibrinolytics
Diuretics
References
- ^ 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
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