RCIS Cardiovascular Drugs Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What drug increases the force of ventricular contraction -
correct answer ✅Inotropic
What drug is used when systolic function is decreased? ex: HF -
correct answer ✅Inotropic
What Inotropic drug that is a Cardiac Glycoside; what is the most
common? -
correct answer ✅Digoxin
What Inotropic drug is used to treat HF complicated by atrial flutter
and atrial fibrillation? -
correct answer ✅Digoxin
What does Digoxin do for the myocardial cells -
correct answer ✅increases the calcium to strengthen the
contraction and slow the heart rate
What can patients develop from taking Digoxin? -
correct answer ✅digitalis toxicity
, RCIS Cardiovascular Drugs Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What Inotropic drug is commonly used in the treatment of acute HF
(at high doses)? -
correct answer ✅Sympathetic Amines
Name two Sympathetic Amines drugs -
correct answer ✅Dopamine, Dobutamine
What does Dopamine treat? -
correct answer ✅Hypotensive shock
Dobutamine is a chronotropic agent that decreases the heart rate,
treats HF not complicated by hypotensive, and what else is it used
for? -
correct answer ✅to perform stress echo
Name two other Sympathetic Amines that relate to endocrine
secretions? -
correct answer ✅Norepinephrine, Epinephrine
Norepinephrine also has a different name what is it? -
correct answer ✅Levophed
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What drug increases the force of ventricular contraction -
correct answer ✅Inotropic
What drug is used when systolic function is decreased? ex: HF -
correct answer ✅Inotropic
What Inotropic drug that is a Cardiac Glycoside; what is the most
common? -
correct answer ✅Digoxin
What Inotropic drug is used to treat HF complicated by atrial flutter
and atrial fibrillation? -
correct answer ✅Digoxin
What does Digoxin do for the myocardial cells -
correct answer ✅increases the calcium to strengthen the
contraction and slow the heart rate
What can patients develop from taking Digoxin? -
correct answer ✅digitalis toxicity
, RCIS Cardiovascular Drugs Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What Inotropic drug is commonly used in the treatment of acute HF
(at high doses)? -
correct answer ✅Sympathetic Amines
Name two Sympathetic Amines drugs -
correct answer ✅Dopamine, Dobutamine
What does Dopamine treat? -
correct answer ✅Hypotensive shock
Dobutamine is a chronotropic agent that decreases the heart rate,
treats HF not complicated by hypotensive, and what else is it used
for? -
correct answer ✅to perform stress echo
Name two other Sympathetic Amines that relate to endocrine
secretions? -
correct answer ✅Norepinephrine, Epinephrine
Norepinephrine also has a different name what is it? -
correct answer ✅Levophed
