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    Angina pectoris is intermittent chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle, while a myocardial infarction involves the destruction of heart tissue from reduced blood flow. The main signs and symptoms of angina include chest pain relieved by rest, and the main signs of a heart attack include crushing chest pain not relieved by rest along with nausea, sweating, and shortness of breath. Diagnosis of angina can be made with an ECG, while a heart attack is diagnosed with elevated markers like troponin in the blood and an ECG showing ST segment changes. Treatment for angina involves nitroglycerin to relieve chest pain and rest, while treatment for a heart attack involves oxygen, pain medication, positioning the

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    Angina pectoris is intermittent chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle, while a myocardial infarction involves the destruction of heart tissue from reduced blood flow. The main signs and symptoms of angina include chest pain relieved by rest, and the main signs of a heart attack include crushing chest pain not relieved by rest along with nausea, sweating, and shortness of breath. Diagnosis of angina can be made with an ECG, while a heart attack is diagnosed with elevated markers like troponin in the blood and an ECG showing ST segment changes. Treatment for angina involves nitroglycerin to relieve chest pain and rest, while treatment for a heart attack involves oxygen, pain medication, positioning the

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    Lec 2 Angina & MI

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    John Carlo Reyes
    Angina pectoris is intermittent chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle, while a myocardial infarction involves the destruction of heart tissue from reduced blood flow. The main signs and symptoms of angina include chest pain relieved by rest, and the main signs of a heart attack include crushing chest pain not relieved by rest along with nausea, sweating, and shortness of breath. Diagnosis of angina can be made with an ECG, while a heart attack is diagnosed with elevated markers like troponin in the blood and an ECG showing ST segment changes. Treatment for angina involves nitroglycerin to relieve chest pain and rest, while treatment for a heart attack involves oxygen, pain medication, positioning the

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    Angina Pectoris &

    Myocardial Infarction

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    Miss Arrian Dabu
    Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction
    Definition

    Insufficient coronary
    blood flow results in Destruction of cardiac
    inadequate oxygen tissues due to reduced
    supply causing coronary blood flow
    intermittent chest pain
    Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction
    Signs and Symptoms

    Squeezing, burning,
    pressing, choking, aching or
    bursting left sternal chest
    Lower sternal pain not
    pain lasting NOT more than
    relieved by rest and
    20 mins.
    nitroglycerine, characterized
    as crushing or excruciating
    The client often says, “It
    feels like gas or heartburn
    or indigestion”
    Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction
    Signs and Symptoms
    Nausea and vomiting
    Anxiety
    Palpitations
    Diaphoresis
    Diaphoresis
    Pallor
    Faintness Arrhythmias
    Fluctuation of BP Low grade fever
    Hypotension/ hypertension
    Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction
    Diagnostic

    Troponin I
    ECG
    (Elevated myoglobin,
    (ECG reveals ST
    troponin, creatinine
    segment depression)
    phosphokinase)
    Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction
    Treatment

    Administer oxygen
    Administer nitroglycerine
    sublingually to relieve the Administer Demerol to
    pain relieve the pain

    Rest Morphine sulfate is the


    narcotic drug for a client with
    MI
    Angina Pectoris Myocardial Infarction
    Treatment

    Position the client in semi-


    fowler’s
    Prepare the client for PTCA
    (Percutaneous Transluminal
    Maintain a diet that is low
    Coronary Angioplasty)
    fat, low cholesterol and low
    sodium
    End

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