List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents

The following are medications commonly prescribed cardiac pharmaceutical agents. The specificity of the following medications is highly variable, and often are not particularly specific to a given class. As such, they are listed as are commonly accepted.

Antiarrhythmic agents

Group of pharmaceuticals that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia.

• Type I (sodium channel blockers)
  • Type Ia
    • Ajmaline
    • Procainamide
    • Quinidine
  • Type Ib
    • Lidocaine
    • Phenytoin
  • Type Ic
    • Encainide
    • Flecainide
    • Propafenone
• Type II (beta blockers)
  • Bisoprolol
  • Carvedilol
  • Metoprolol
  • Propranolol
• Type III (potassium channel blockers)
  • Amiodarone
  • Dofetilide
  • Sotalol
• Type IV (slow calcium channel blockers)
  • Diltiazem
  • Verapamil
• Type V
  • Adenosine
  • Digoxin

ACE inhibitors

Class of antihypertensives that work by causing relaxation of blood vessels as well as a decrease in blood volume, which leads to lower blood pressure and decreased oxygen demand from the heart.

• Benazepril
• Captopril
• Enalapril
• Fosinopril
• Lisinopril
• Moexipril
• Perindopril
• Quinapril
• Ramipril
• Trandolapril

Alpha blockers

• doxazosin
• chlorpromazine
• phentolamine
• indoramin
• phenoxybenzamine
• prazosin
• terazosin
• tolazoline
• urapidil

Angiotensin II receptor antagonists

Class of antihypertensives that bind to and inhibit the angiotensin II receptor type 1 and thereby block the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of renin–angiotensin system.

• Azilsartan medoxomil
• Candesartan
• Eprosartan
• Fimasartan
• Irbesartan
• Losartan
• Olmesartan
• Telmisartan
• Valsartan

Beta blocker

Class of medications that are competitive antagonists that block the receptor sites for the endogenous catecholamines epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) on adrenergic beta receptors, of the sympathetic nervous system.

• Acebutolol
• Atenolol
• Betaxolol
• Bisoprolol
• Carteolol
• Carvedilol
• Esmolol
• Labetalol
• Metoprolol
• Nadolol
• Nebivolol
• Oxprenolol
• Penbutolol
• Pindolol
• Propranolol
• Sotalol
• Timolol

Mixed alpha beta blockers

• bucindolol
• carvedilol
• labetalol
• clonidine (indirectly)

Calcium channel blockers

• dihydropyridines:
  • amlodipine
  • barnidipine
  • cilnidipine
  • clevidipine
  • felodipine
  • isradipine
  • lercanidipine
  • levamlodipine
  • nicardipine
  • nifedipine
  • nimodipine
  • nisoldipine
  • nitrendipine
• non-dihydropyridines
  • diltiazem
  • verapamil

Antimineralocorticoid

• Eplerenone
• Finerenone
• Spironolactone

Antiplatelet drug

• Abciximab
• Aspirin
• Cangrelor
• Clopidogrel
• Eptifibatide
• Prasugrel
• Ticagrelor
• Tirofiban

Anticoagulant

• Apixaban
• Bivalirudin
• Dabigatran
• Edoxaban
• Enoxaparin
• Heparin
• Rivaroxaban
• Warfarin

Fibrinolytics

• Alteplase
• Reteplase
• Streptokinase
• Tenecteplase
• Urokinase

Diuretics

• Loop diuretics:
  • bumetanide
  • ethacrynic acid
  • furosemide
  • torsemide
• Thiazide diuretics:
  • epitizide
  • hydrochlorothiazide and chlorothiazide
  • bendroflumethiazide
  • methyclothiazide
  • polythiazide
• Thiazide-like diuretics:
  • indapamide
  • chlorthalidone
  • metolazone
  • Xipamide
  • Clopamide
• Potassium-sparing diuretics:
  • amiloride
  • triamterene
  • spironolactone
  • eplerenone

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