MARK KLIMEK LECTURE #3: CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS  Calcium channel blockers are like valium for your heart.

MARK KLIMEK.
LECTURE #3
JANUARY 24, 2018


CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
 Calcium channel blockers are like valium for your heart. Calms the
heart down. Indicators – tachycardia, tacharythmias
 Negative intropic, chronotropic, dromotropic (relax your heart, calm it
down)
 They treat – A (antihypertensives), AA (antianginal), AAA (anti-atrial
arythmia) they treat atrial dysrhythmias and supraventricular
contractions (SVT)
 Names – majority end in -dipine (amlodipine, nifedipine) & verapamil,




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cardizem (can be given as a continuous IV drip)
 Side e/ects – headache & HYPOtension (take BP before administering,




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hold if systolic is <100)




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 QRS refers to – Ventricular
 P refers to – Atrial
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ATRIAL FLUTTER
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Rapid P wave repolarizations in a saw tooth pattern
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, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION




chaotic QRS depolarizations, heart rate is irregular


TX: HEPARIN 7rst, then ABCD


VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION




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Chaotic QRS depolarizations
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TX: de7brillation (shock them)
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VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
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Wide bizarre QRS’s


TX: Lidocaine & amiodarone




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