Chapter 7 IV

termination of ventricular fibrilation by delivery of an electrical stimulus to the heart

device that delivers the electrical stimulus

termination of tachcardia by pharmaceutical means or delivery of electrical energy.

• device used to treat slow heart rates by electrically stimulating the heart to contract.
• Implanted, but can be temporarily external

a drug that dialates coronary artiers-restoring oxygen to tissues and therefore releaving the pain of angina pectoris

drug that counteracts cardiac arrhythmia

drug that prevents clotting

drug that lowers blood pressure

• agents that inhibit the body's response to sympathetic adrenergic nerve activity
• they slow electrical conduction and herat rate

• drug that increases the secretion of urine
• for hypertension

drugs used to dissolve thrombi

drug that causes narrowing of vessels, decreasing in blood flow

drug that causes dilation of vessels, increasing blood flow