how does it present? Flashcards
Myocardial Infarction
prodromal symptoms of fatigue, malaise, chest discomfort in days prior
Present with chest pain unremitting and intense for an hour- retrosternal and often radiates to the neck, shoulder and jaws and down to the left arm
associated symptoms: sweating nausea anxiety lightheadedness nausea
Angina
chest discomfort (pressure, heaviness)
in epigastrium, back, neck, jaw, shoulders
typically precipitated by exertion or exposure to cold or emotional stress
relieved by rest of nitroglycerin
Atrial fibrillation
mostly asymptomatic
symptoms include: palpitations dyspnoea fatigue dizziness angina
DVT
pitting oedema
leg pain/ tenderness
warmth/ erythema of skin
clinical symptoms of PE
Heart failure
breathlessness!!
chest pain palpitations nausea weight loss fatigue
retrosternal chest pain unremitting and intense for an hour
sweating
nausea
anxiety
lightheadedness
MI
chest discomfort (pressure, heaviness)
after running or being outside in winter or just lost a relative
relieved by nitroglycerin
Angina
palpitations
breathless
fatigue
dizziness
angina
Atrial Fibrillation
although will often present with no symptoms
breathlessness
chest pain
palpitations
nausea
weight loss
fatigue
Heart Failure
How do left sided and right sided heart failure present differently
Both present with:
- breathlessness
- fatigue and weakness
- fast palpitations
Left sided:
- pink, frothy sputum with cough
- cardiogenic wheeze
- cool peripheries
Right Sided:
- swelling in legs
- distended abdomen
- raised JVP
- pitting oedema
- hepatosplenomegaly
