Definition & Meaning | English word ANTIANGINAL
ANTIANGINAL
Definitions of ANTIANGINAL
- (pharmaceutical drug) Any drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.
- (pharmaceutical effect) Used in the treatment of angina pectoris.
Number of letters
11
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using ANTIANGINAL in a Sentence
- An antianginal is a drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.
- It is an anti-ischemic (antianginal) metabolic agent of the fatty acid oxidation inhibitor class, meaning that it improves the heart muscle's ability to use glucose as a fuel by inhibiting its use of fatty acid metabolism.
- Perhexiline (Pexsig) is a prophylactic antianginal agent used primarily in Australia and New Zealand.
- It is a metabolite of the antianginal drug molsidomine and acts by releasing NO from the endothelial cells nonenzymatically.
- Amlodipine belongs to the dihydropyridine group of calcium channel blocker used as an antihypertensive and antianginal agent.
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