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Chest Pain Flashcards

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Where do you feel pain for lungs and pleura?

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Lateral chest which increases on inspiration

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What is affected if the chest pain is in the centre?

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Heart and great vessels

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What can cause pain in the lung and pleura?

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Pneumonia
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary embolism

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What can cause GI pain?

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Gastro-oesophageal reflux
GB disease
Peptic ulcer

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What can cause pain in heart and great vessels?

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Ischaemic heart disease
Pericarditis
Aortic dissection

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When does myocardial ischaemia occur?

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When the supply of blood cannot reach the demand of the muscles

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What does myocardial oxygen supply depend on?

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Coronary blood flow
-perfusion diastolic pressure and coronary artery resistance

Oxygen carrying capacity of the blood

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What does myocardial oxygen demand depend on?

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Heart rate
Contractility
Wall tension
-preload
-afterload
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When does coronary flow occur?

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During diastole

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In which direction is coronary flow? What does this mean?

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From the epicardium to endocardium. Sub endocardial muscles is the most vulnerable to ischaemia.

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What can decrease myocardial oxygen supply?

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Severe anaemia

Severe hypotension

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What can increase myocardial oxygen demand?

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Tachycardias
Thyrotoxicosis
Aortic stenosis

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Non-modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease?

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Increased age
Male gender - females catch up after menopause
Family history

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Important modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease?

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Hyperlipidaemia
Smoking
Hypertension
Diabetes mellitus

Lack of exercise
Obesity
Stress

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Structure of a stable plaque?

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Small necrotic core

Thick fibrous cap which is less likely to fissure or rupture

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Structure of vulnerable plaque?

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Large necrotic core

Thin fibrous cap which is more likely to fissure or rupture

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How can an unstable plaque lead to thrombus formation?

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Fibrous cal can erode or fissure
Exposes blood to thrombogenic material in the necrotic core
Platelet clot followed by fibrin thrombus

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What effects does stable plaque have?

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Moderate reduction in blood flow
Transient ischaemia during periods of increased oxygen demand
May progress gradually over time to severe fixed narrowing causing ischaemia with less demand

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Describe the pain in stable angina

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Mild to moderate central crushing pain with typical radiation to left/right/both arms or shoulders, neck, jaw, back, epigastrium

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What can cheat pain in stable angina be brought on by?

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Exertion

Emotional stress

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What can stable angina pain be relieved by?

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Rest or nitrates

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What signs and symptoms can people who have stable angina present with?

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Signs related to risk factors such as raised BP, corneal arcus, absent pulses, LV dysfunction

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How is the diagnosis of stable angina confirmed?

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Exercise stress rest.
Graded exercise in a treadmill until target heart rate is reached or chest pain occurs or ECG changes or there are other problems such as arrhythmias or drop in BP

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23
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What does stable angina show up as on an ECG during exertion?

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ST segment depression

With rest ST segment goes back to baseline

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What is the aim of treatment in stable angina?

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To reduce myocardial oxygen demand by

  • reducing preload and afterload
  • reducing heart rate
  • reducing myocardial contractility

Increase bloodflow
Prevent progression of atheroma, stabilise plaques and prevent thrombosis

25
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What do calcium blockers do?

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Reduce afterload because they cause peripheral vasodilatation

26
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What do nitrates do?

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Reduce preload because the cause venodilatation

27
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Effects of beta blockers?

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Reduce heart rate and contractility

28
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Effects of aspirin?

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Reduced platelet aggregation therefore reduced thrombus formation if plaques are disrupted.

29
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What do statins do?

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Lower LDL cholesterol ➡️ reduces progression of atherosclerosis ➡️ increases plaque stability

30
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Which vessels can be used for a coronary bypass?

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Internal mammary artery
Radial artery
Saphenous vein

31
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Features of a STEMI?

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Normally total occlusion of an artery
Injury extends to sub-epicardial area which is manifested as an ST elevation in leads facing the injured area
Infarct is full thickness of myocardium

32
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What is an MI?

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Complete occlusion of a coronary vessel leading to an infarct of the myocardium it supplies

33
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Features of an NSTEMI?

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No ST elevation

Infarct is not full thick was of myocardium

34
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How are acute episodes of angina treated?

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Sub-lingual nitrate spray

35
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What drugs are used to prevent episodes of angina?

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β-blockers
Calcium channel blockers
Oral nitrates

36
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What drugs are used to prevent cardiac events?

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Aspirin
Statins
ACE inhibitors

37
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What is unstable angina classified as?

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Ischaemic chest pain that occurs at rest or with minimal exertion, described as severe pain and occurring with a crescendo pattern.

38
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What is acute coronary syndrome?

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A group of symptoms that attribute to the obstruction of the coronary arteries.

39
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What is coronary artery syndrome a result of?

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Unstable angina
NSTEMI
STEMI

40
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Do you get occlusion by a thrombus in unstable angina, NSTEMI or STEMI?

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Unstable angina - partial
NSTEMI - partial
STEMI - total

41
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Do you get myocardial necrosis in unstable angina, NSTEMI or STEMI?

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Unstable angina - none
NSTEMI - some
STEMI - large myocardial infarct

42
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ECG in unstable angina?

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ST segment depression

T wave inversion (sometimes)

43
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Biomarkers in blood for unstable angina, NSTEMI or STEMI?

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No biochemical markers in unstable angina

Troponin in NSTEMI and STEMI

44
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How can previous MIs be identified?

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Persistence of the pathological, deepened Q wave on an ECG

45
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Which two proteins are released in myocyte death?

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Troponin I

Troponin T

46
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When does troponin begin to rise and peak?

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3-4 hours
18-36 hours
After the first onset of pain

47
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When do creatine kinase levels rise and peak?

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3-8 hours

24 hours

48
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How long after pain in an MI does it take for troponin and CK to return to normal levels?

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Troponin - 10-14 days

CK - 48-72 hours

49
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Goal of treatment in unstable angina?

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Prevent it from progressing to MI and limiting muscle loss in MI

50
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Goals of treating an MI?

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Prevent progression of the thrombosis
Restore perfusion of partially occluded vessels
Pain control

51
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What drugs are used in anti-thrombotic therapy?

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Aspirin (antiplatelet)

Heparin (anticoagulant)

52
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How is perfusion restored in a partially occluded vessel?

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Angioplasty (PCI)

Coronary bypass graft

53
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What do you find on examination of someone who has had an MI?

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Patient is Angus and distressed
Sweaty, sold, clammy skin
Pale
Tachycardia/arrhythmias
Low blood pressure
Signs of heart failure
-S3/S4
-crackling in lungs
54
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How to treat a STEMI?

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Try to do an emergency PCI within 90-120 mins

Fibrinolytic therapy

55
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How to treat an NSTEMI?

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Anti thrombotic therapy

Angiography and PCI/CABG

56
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How else do you treat an NSTEMI/STEMI?

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Analgesics
Oxygen
Antiplatelets - Clopidogrel and aspirin
Anti-ischaemic therapy - nitrates and beta blockers
ACE inhibitors
Statins
57
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Complications of an MI?

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Sudden cardiac death

  • ventricular fibrillarion
  • asystole

First, second or third degree heart block
Ventricular tachycardia
Heart failrue
Cardiogenic shock

58
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Why is ST depression only evident during exercise in angina?

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As the heat rate increases with exercise, diastole is disproportionately shortened and therefore coronary artery filling is compromised while the oxygen demand is increased.

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