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EXPERT DRUG THERAPY: MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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.

You'll learn:

~ how nitroglycerin relieves chest pain by relaxing vascular smooth muscles, which dilates coronary arteries

~ how thrombolytic drugs, such as alteplase, lyse an occluding thrombus, restore myocardial blood flow, and prevent necrosis of the injured myocardium

~ how heparin blocks the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin and prothrombin to thrombin, thus preventing new thrombi from forming

~ why beta blockers are used to limit the size of an MI

~ how ACE inhibitors minimize left ventricular dilation by reducing afterload and blood pressure

~ why HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, such as lovastatin, are used to reduce the risk of a second MI in patients with hyperlipidemia

~ and much, much more.
DVD
30 minutes
2009
 
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