nbme20/Block 3/Question#43
A 71-year-old man comes to the physician because of ...
Cilostazol
kernicterusthefrog
Just to add: cAMP activates protein kinase A (PKA), which is the more direct mediator of platelet aggregation inhibition, and of myosin light-chain kinase inhibition (which causes inhibition of smooth muscle contraction and thus vasodilation). Just in case there's a question that gets more specific than this one!
+ 2019-06-05T16:24:27Z
submitted by neonem(94), 2019-05-20T21:40:09Z
Cilostazol is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor; leads to increased cAMP which inhibits platelet degranulation/activation while also causing vasodilation. All of the other options work on either vasculature or platelets but not both.