Inotrope, the Glossary
An inotrope or inotropic is a drug or any substance that alters the force or energy of muscular contractions. Negatively inotropic agents weaken the force of muscular contractions. Positively inotropic agents increase the strength of muscular contraction. The term inotropic state is most commonly used in reference to various drugs that affect the strength of contraction of heart muscle.[1]
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64 relations: Action potential, Adrenaline, Amrinone, Angina, Angiotensin, Antiarrhythmic agent, Antihypotensive agent, Bathmotropic, Berberine, Beta blocker, Bisoprolol, Calcium, Calcium channel blocker, Cardiogenic shock, Cardiomyopathy, Carvedilol, Catecholamine, Central venous catheter, Contractility, Cytoplasm, Death, Decompensation, Digoxin, Diltiazem, Disease, Disopyramide, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Dopexamine, Dromotropic, Drug, Eicosanoid, Enoximone, Flecainide, Glucagon, Heart failure, Insulin, International scientific vocabulary, Intravenous therapy, Isoprenaline, Isovoacangine, L-type calcium channel, Levosimendan, Medication, Metoprolol, Milrinone, Muscle, Muscle contraction, Myocardial contractility, Myocardial infarction, ... Expand index (14 more) »
- Inotropic agents
Action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls.
See Inotrope and Action potential
Adrenaline
Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone and medication which is involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., respiration).
Amrinone
Amrinone, also known as inamrinone, and sold as Inocor, is a pyridine phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor. Inotrope and Amrinone are Inotropic agents.
Angina
Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium).
Angiotensin
Angiotensin is a peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction and an increase in blood pressure.
Antiarrhythmic agent
Antiarrhythmic agents, also known as cardiac dysrhythmia medications, are a class of drugs that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia.
See Inotrope and Antiarrhythmic agent
Antihypotensive agent
An antihypotensive agent, also known as a vasopressor agent or simply vasopressor, or pressor, is any substance, whether endogenous or a medication, that tends to raise low blood pressure.
See Inotrope and Antihypotensive agent
Bathmotropic
Bathmotropic often refers to modifying the degree of excitability specifically of the heart; in general, it refers to modification of the degree of excitability (threshold of excitation) of musculature in general, including the heart. Inotrope and Bathmotropic are cardiovascular physiology.
Berberine
Berberine is a quaternary ammonium salt from the protoberberine group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, occurring naturally as a secondary metabolite in some plants including species of Berberis, from which its name is derived.
Beta blocker
Beta blockers, also spelled β-blockers, are a class of medications that are predominantly used to manage abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmia), and to protect the heart from a second heart attack after a first heart attack (secondary prevention).
Bisoprolol
Bisoprolol, sold under the brand name Zebeta among others, is a beta blocker which is selective for the beta-1 receptor and used for cardiovascular diseases, including tachyarrhythmias, high blood pressure, angina, and heart failure. It is taken by mouth. Common side effects include headache, feeling tired, diarrhea, and swelling in the legs.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Calcium channel blocker
Calcium channel blockers (CCB), calcium channel antagonists or calcium antagonists are a group of medications that disrupt the movement of calcium through calcium channels.
See Inotrope and Calcium channel blocker
Cardiogenic shock
Cardiogenic shock is a medical emergency resulting from inadequate blood flow to the body's organs due to the dysfunction of the heart.
See Inotrope and Cardiogenic shock
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy is a group of primary diseases of the heart muscle.
See Inotrope and Cardiomyopathy
Carvedilol
Carvedilol is a beta-blocker medication, that may be prescribed for the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension) and chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (also known as HFrEF or systolic heart failure).
Catecholamine
A catecholamine (abbreviated CA) is a monoamine neurotransmitter, an organic compound that has a catechol (benzene with two hydroxyl side groups next to each other) and a side-chain amine.
See Inotrope and Catecholamine
Central venous catheter
A central venous catheter (CVC), also known as a central line (c-line), central venous line, or central venous access catheter, is a catheter placed into a large vein.
See Inotrope and Central venous catheter
Contractility
Contractility refers to the ability for self-contraction, especially of the muscles or similar active biological tissue.
See Inotrope and Contractility
Cytoplasm
In cell biology, the cytoplasm describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus.
Death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
Decompensation
In medicine, decompensation is the functional deterioration of a structure or system that had been previously working with the help of compensation.
See Inotrope and Decompensation
Digoxin
Digoxin (better known as Digitalis), sold under the brand name Lanoxin among others, is a medication used to treat various heart conditions. Inotrope and Digoxin are Inotropic agents.
Diltiazem
Diltiazem, sold under the brand name Cardizem among others, is a nondihydropyridine calcium channel blocker medication used to treat high blood pressure, angina, and certain heart arrhythmias.
Disease
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury.
Disopyramide
Disopyramide (INN, trade names Norpace and Rythmodan) is an antiarrhythmic medication used in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia.
Dobutamine
Dobutamine is a medication used in the treatment of cardiogenic shock (as a result of inadequate tissue perfusion) and severe heart failure. Inotrope and Dobutamine are Inotropic agents.
Dopamine
Dopamine (DA, a contraction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is a neuromodulatory molecule that plays several important roles in cells. Inotrope and Dopamine are Inotropic agents.
Dopexamine
Dopexamine is a synthetic analogue of dopamine that is administered intravenously in hospitals to reduce exacerbations of heart failure and to treat heart failure following cardiac surgery.
Dromotropic
The term dromotropic derives from the Greek word δρόμος drómos, meaning "running", a course, a race. Inotrope and dromotropic are cardiovascular physiology.
Drug
A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.
Eicosanoid
Eicosanoids are signaling molecules made by the enzymatic or non-enzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid or other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that are, similar to arachidonic acid, around 20 carbon units in length.
Enoximone
Enoximone (INN, trade name Perfan) is an imidazole phosphodiesterase inhibitor. Inotrope and Enoximone are Inotropic agents.
Flecainide
Flecainide is a medication used to prevent and treat abnormally fast heart rates.
Glucagon
Glucagon is a peptide hormone, produced by alpha cells of the pancreas.
Heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.
See Inotrope and Heart failure
Insulin
Insulin (from Latin insula, 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (INS) gene.
International scientific vocabulary
International scientific vocabulary (ISV) comprises scientific and specialized words whose language of origin may or may not be certain, but which are in current use in several modern languages (that is, translingually, whether in naturalized, loanword, or calque forms).
See Inotrope and International scientific vocabulary
Intravenous therapy
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.
See Inotrope and Intravenous therapy
Isoprenaline
Isoprenaline, or isoproterenol, is a medication used for the treatment of bradycardia (slow heart rate), heart block, and rarely for asthma. Inotrope and Isoprenaline are Inotropic agents.
Isovoacangine
Isovoacangine is a naturally occurring substance that has action on heart muscles in pigs.
See Inotrope and Isovoacangine
L-type calcium channel
The L-type calcium channel (also known as the dihydropyridine channel, or DHP channel) is part of the high-voltage activated family of voltage-dependent calcium channel.
See Inotrope and L-type calcium channel
Levosimendan
Levosimendan (INN) is a calcium sensitizer used in the management of acutely decompensated congestive heart failure. Inotrope and Levosimendan are Inotropic agents.
Medication
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
Metoprolol
Metoprolol, sold under the brand name Lopressor among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure, angina, and a number of conditions involving an abnormally fast heart rate.
Milrinone
Milrinone, sold under the brand name Primacor, is a pulmonary vasodilator used in patients who have heart failure. Inotrope and Milrinone are Inotropic agents.
Muscle
Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.
Muscle contraction
Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle cells.
See Inotrope and Muscle contraction
Myocardial contractility
Myocardial contractility represents the innate ability of the heart muscle (cardiac muscle or myocardium) to contract. Inotrope and Myocardial contractility are cardiovascular physiology.
See Inotrope and Myocardial contractility
Myocardial infarction
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.
See Inotrope and Myocardial infarction
Neo-Latin
Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin in; others, throughout.
Norepinephrine (medication)
Norepinephrine, also known as noradrenaline, is a medication used to treat people with very low blood pressure. Inotrope and Norepinephrine (medication) are Inotropic agents.
See Inotrope and Norepinephrine (medication)
Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and injury.
Phosphodiesterase inhibitor
A phosphodiesterase inhibitor is a drug that blocks one or more of the five subtypes of the enzyme phosphodiesterase (PDE), thereby preventing the inactivation of the intracellular second messengers, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) by the respective PDE subtype(s).
See Inotrope and Phosphodiesterase inhibitor
Procainamide
Procainamide (PCA) is a medication of the antiarrhythmic class used for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
Prostaglandin
Prostaglandins (PG) are a group of physiologically active lipid compounds called eicosanoids that have diverse hormone-like effects in animals.
See Inotrope and Prostaglandin
Quinidine
Quinidine is a class IA antiarrhythmic agent used to treat heart rhythm disturbances.
Septic shock
Septic shock is a potentially fatal medical condition that occurs when sepsis, which is organ injury or damage in response to infection, leads to dangerously low blood pressure and abnormalities in cellular metabolism.
T-type calcium channel
T-type calcium channels are low voltage activated calcium channels that become inactivated during cell membrane hyperpolarization but then open to depolarization.
See Inotrope and T-type calcium channel
Theophylline
Theophylline, also known as 1,3-dimethylxanthine, is a drug that inhibits phosphodiesterase and blocks adenosine receptors.
Vasoconstriction
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles. Inotrope and Vasoconstriction are cardiovascular physiology.
See Inotrope and Vasoconstriction
Ventricular hypertrophy
Ventricular hypertrophy (VH) is thickening of the walls of a ventricle (lower chamber) of the heart.
See Inotrope and Ventricular hypertrophy
Verapamil
Verapamil, sold under various trade names, is a calcium channel blocker medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure, angina (chest pain from not enough blood flow to the heart), and supraventricular tachycardia.
Voacristine
Voacristine is a indole alkaloid occurring in Voacanga and Tabernaemontana genus.
See also
Inotropic agents
- Amrinone
- Cardiotonic agent
- Digoxin
- Dobutamine
- Dopamine
- Dopamine (medication)
- Enoximone
- Inotrope
- Isoprenaline
- Levosimendan
- List of side effects of digoxin
- Milrinone
- Norepinephrine (medication)
- Pimobendan
- Prenalterol
- Quazinone
- Vesnarinone
- Xamoterol
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotrope
Also known as Cardiac inotrope, Inotropes, Inotropic, Inotropic agent, Inotropic drug, Inotropic drugs, Inotropic medication, Inotropic medications, Inotropic state, Inotropy, Positive inotropic agents.
, Neo-Latin, Norepinephrine (medication), Pathology, Phosphodiesterase inhibitor, Procainamide, Prostaglandin, Quinidine, Septic shock, T-type calcium channel, Theophylline, Vasoconstriction, Ventricular hypertrophy, Verapamil, Voacristine.