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Myocardial Infarction: Expert Drug Therapy Video Series |
| 1st Edition (2000) |
| Blanchard-Loeb |
| See how drugs work for your patients with an MI during immediate and continuing treatment. Learn about the drugs' therapeutic effects, life-threatening adverse reactions, and interactions. See exactly how to tailor your nursing care before, during, and after drug therapy. In just 30 minutes, you'll learn: äh how nitroglycerin relieves chest pain by relaxing vascular smooth muscles, which dilates coronary arteries äh how thrombolytic drugs, such as alteplase, lyse an occluding thrombus, restore myocardial blood flow, and prevent necrosis of the injured myocardium äh how heparin blocks the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin and prothrombin to thrombin, thus preventing new thrombi from forming äh why beta blockers are used to limit the size of an MI äh how ACE inhibitors minimize left ventricular dilation by reducing afterload and blood pressure äh why HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, such as lovastatin, are used to reduce the risk of a second MI in patients with hyperlipidemia
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$210 |
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