Ischemic Heart Disease II Flashcards
Tests which every with chest pain gets
EKG and Biomarkers (if we are in the ER)
Best initial test for a patient with chest pain
EKG
How fast should a chest pain patient receive an EKG
Within 10 minutes of presentation
Intervals for EKG monitoring
15-30 minute intervals
First EKG finding for ACS
Hyperacute T waves - diffuse may be hyperkalemia
NSTEMI and Unstable Angina EKG
ST Depression or T wave inversion in 2 contiguous leads
How to tell a USA and NSTEMI apart
USA - Normal Troponins
NSTEMI - Elevated troponins
Evolution of a STEMI - 4 stages with timeframes
ST elevation - Minutes to hours after
Pathologic Q wave with inverted T wave - 1-2 days after
ST flattening with pathologic Q wave - 7-10 days
Normalization with persistent Q wave - Months after
Second step in working up chest pain for ACS
Draw labs - Cardiac Enzymes
3 Cardiac Enzymes
Myoglobin
CK-MB
Troponin
Troponin
Extremely sensitive and specific to the heart - best test
Increase, Peak, and Return to Baseline of Troponins
Increase: 3-6 hours
Peak - 24-48 hours
Return to Baseline: 5-14 days
Serial monitoring of troponins
At presentation
90 minutes after presentation
6-8 hours x3 or until trending down
Other things that can elevate troponins - 6
CHF
ESRD
Aortic dissection
PE
Myocarditis
PCI or CABG
How to determine if troponins are related to STEMI
Look for a serious trend upwards
CK-MB
Less sensitive and specific than troponins, usually use with troponins
Increase, Peak, and Return to baseline of CK-MB
Increase - 4-8 hours
Peak - 24 hours
Return - 48-72 hours
Why might we want CK-MB levels
Assess for an MI in a patient that has had one in the past two weeks
False positives with CK-MB - Five
Exercise, Trauma, Muscle Disease, DM, PE
Positive CK-MB value criteria
CK-MB over 5% of total CK
Myoglobin
MOST sensitive early marker for a patient having a coronary event - poor specificity - more so than troponin
When would we use myoglobin to test for ACS
Only used when they present within the first two hours of onset
Most sensitive early marker of an MI
Myoglobin
LDH Rise peak and return to normal in an MI
Rise - 24-72 hours
Peak - 3-4 days
Return to normal - 14 days
Not specific
3 other possible lab findings in ACS
Leukocytosis
Elevated CRP
Elevated ESR
Preferred for of stress testing
Exercise stress test