Cradio ppt. 1 - Exam 6 Flashcards
Angina Types
Stable angina - w/ exertion
Unstable angina - @ rest
Coronary spasm:
Prinzmetal angina
Angina Patho? Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Lipid deposition
- Atheroma
- Calcification / fibrosis
Fat gets stucky and sits on the surface and accumulates -
HTN usually involved so we have high pressure hitting this hunk of lipids and it can rupture or embolism and then there is a tear in the endothelial and then body is going to repair ir and then platelets come in and try and fix it and then the entire vessel gets narrowed completely THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTNAT TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE ASA.
Angina Patho? Coronary spasm
Spasm of coronary vessels
Cocaine or Prinzmetal
What is the most common cause of death in US and world?
Atherosclerosis - angina, MI
Atherosclerosis /MI is _x higher in men than women?
4
By age 70, 1:1 male/female ( normalizing as men start to die)
Atherosclerosis /MI risk factors?
Age
Smoking
Total cholesterol >200 - elevated
Family history - did anyone in your family die a sudden
death ?
Diabetes mellitus - coronary
disease, PAD to coronary vessels
Obesity
Common comorbidities with Atherosclerosis / MI ?
Hypertension
PAD
Aortic disease
You need three of more of what for Metabolic syndrome? risk factor to angina and MI
abdominal obesity - central
obesity - waste circumference - >47 cm
triglycerides greater than 150 mg/dL
high-density lipoprotein (HDL) less than 40 mg/dL for men and less than 50 mg/dL for women
fasting glucose greater than 110 mg/dL
HTN
Angina / MI social Hx?
Alcohol
Cocaine vasospasm
Angina / MI Hx?
Chest pressure (squeezing) - “elephant on my chest “
Impending death - “ i feel like im going to die “
Chest pressure location for angina / MI?
midsternal or left chest (retrosternal)
Chest pressure location of radiation for angina and MI?
radiates by vertebral nerves
and to the JAW, SHOULDER, arms, wrists, back of hand
Stable angina history?
occurs only with activity
lasts less than 3 minutes
Nitroglycerine significantly improves
sits down and goes away - hit them with nitro and then they have improvement - probably has like 30% occlusion
Unstable angina history?
occurs at rest
lasts more than 30 minutes
Nitroglycerin improves, but not significantly
started stable but it got worse - atheroma is not about 50% - more an issue - nitro wont help as much
Prinzmetal angina history?
More common in females and in the morning
issues in the heart and vessels but the pathophys is different
Angina Physical exam findings?
May be normal
Levine sign - clenching chest
Hypertension
Tachycardia
Xanthelasma - fatty yellow deposits - indicating high cholesterol
always watch a patient VITALS! - do not ignore them - which risk management ( young can get toasted if you did not address abnormal vitals) - tachycardia does not just happen… it is trying to compensate for something - you always want to normalize the vitals if and before you send them home or to ED
Diagnostic Studies for angina ?
Screening - EKG
Provocative screening - stress test
Gold standard test - Coronary angiography
Options studies for angina ( definitive) ?
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Radionuclide angiography
Echocardiography
Positron emission tomography
CT Angiography
MRI with gadolinium
Angina EKG findings?
25% normal
- ST segment depression
- T wave inversion
- Nonspecific T wave abnormalities
get any of these and we have to move on to more testing
What angina diagnostic test is the most useful and cost effective and noninvasive?
Exercise stress test
may be done with medications like Dobutamine
high risk - chest pain, stenosis = no stress test here we go right to angiography
Angina - Exercise stress test positive findings?
1mm depression or greater
For angina, which test is selectively used because of cost and invasiveness?
Coronary angiography
When is coronary angiography selected ?
Life-limiting stable angina despite tx
Unstable angina
Aortic valve disease
Suspected MI
Recurrent symtpoms after revascularization
Unknown cause of chest pain
Survivors of sudden death
Coronary angiography is the definitive test for what?
CAD
<50% stenosis on coronary angiography indicates?
Mild
> 50% stenosis on coronary angiography indicates?
Clinical significance
> 70% stenosis on coronary angiography indicates?
Very significant - like to cause ischemia - stent is indicated
Optional test for angina that involve stress?
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Radionuclide angiography
Echocardiography
Optional test for angina that is looking for perfusion and metabolism?
Positron emission tomography
Optional test for angina that is not for low risk individuals and will show a low likelihood of significant CAD to rule out disease?
CT angiography
What optional test is used to evaluate degree of damages for angina?
MRI with gadolinium
Angina prognosis?
1-25% mortality per year
Angina complications?
MI
Stable and Unstable angina tx for acute episode?
Nitroglycerin ( fast acting, sublingual)
Stable and Unstable angina tx for chronic management?
- Aspirin- decrease chance of MI, improves mortality
- Long acting nitrates - decreases episodes during day, but they become less affective over time (periods of break to keep affetc)
- Beta blocker - improves mortality
- Ranolazine- SCB - improves exercise capability - help with ability to exercise but still be careful cause it prolongs QT (liver disease)
- Comorbidities ( treat these!)
Statin - high cholesterol (low, moderate or high potency - for high risk)
ACEI - for coronary disease + HTN - Revascularization - after trying all these above and still symptomatic at rest
Prinzmetal tx for acute episode?
Nitroglycerin