Flashcards: Antianginals

Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is used for the treatment of chest pain presumed to be due to the heart and heart failure.

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT, PENTA, TEN, corpent, penthrite (or—rarely and primarily in German—as nitropenta), is the nitrate ester of pentaerythritol, and is structurally very similar to nitroglycerin.

Amyl nitrite is a chemical compound with the formula C5H11ONO.

Ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN,NGc), also known as nitroglycol, is a chemical compound a colorless, oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating ethylene glycol.

Trimetazidine is a drug for angina pectoris sold under the brand name Vastarel MR.

Nicorandil is a vasodilatory drug used to treat angina.

Isosorbide mononitrate is a drug used principally in the treatment of angina pectoris and acts by dilating the blood vessels so as to reduce the blood pressure.

Ivabradine, marketed under the trade name Corlanor among others, is a medication used for the symptomatic management of stable heart related chest pain and heart failure not fully managed by beta blockers.

Meldonium (INN), trade-named as Mildronate among others, is a limited-market pharmaceutical, developed in 1970 by Ivars Kalviņš, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (USSR), and manufactured primarily by Grindeks of Latvia and several generic manufacturers.

Ranolazine, sold under the trade name Ranexa by Gilead Sciences, is a drug to treat angina that was first approved in 2006.

Perhexiline (Pexsig) is a prophylactic antianginal agent used primarily in Australia and New Zealand.

Isosorbide is a heterocyclic compound that is derived from glucose.

Isosorbide dinitrate, ISDN, is a nitrate used pharmacologically as a vasodilator for angina (heart-related chest pain), congestive heart failure, and esophageal spasms.

Propylene glycol dinitrate (PGDN, 1,2-propylene glycol dinitrate, or 1,2-propanediol dinitrate) is an organic chemical, an ester of nitric acid and propylene glycol.

Methyl nitrite is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3ONO.

Isobutyl nitrite, C4H9NO2, is an alkyl nitrite, an ester of isobutanol and nitrous acid.

The compound cyclohexyl nitrite is an organic nitrite compound, with formula C6H11ONO.

Olprinone (INN) is a cardiotonic agent.

The chemical compound isopropyl nitrite (or 2-propyl nitrite) is an alkyl nitrite made from isopropanol.

The chemical compound ethyl nitrite is an alkyl nitrite.

Butyl nitrite is an alkyl nitrite made from n-butanol.

Diethylene glycol dinitrate is a nitrated alcohol ester produced by the action of concentrated nitric acid, normally admixed with an excess of strong sulfuric acid as a dehydrating agent, upon diethylene glycol.

Dimeditiapramine (Tiapamil) is a calcium channel blocker.