MI Flashcards
COMPLICATIONS OF MI
dresslers - weeks after like 2/3 weeks and months after
Acute pericarditis
intrerventricular rupture
MITRAL REGURGITATION-pan systolic murmour
if you hear a pansystllic murmour after an Mi what are you thinking
MR -
why is MR happening
because chords tendineae/papillary muscle rupture affects mitral valve
what cause the pansytolic murmour
- rupture of papiallry
- or th einterventricular ruptrue
other dx for pansystolic murmour
tricuspid regurg
atypical heart attack presnetation
epigastric pain
tootheache (radiates to jaw)
GERD
no chest pain -diabetes, elderly
palpitations
SYNCOPE
whats considered anterior leads
v1- v4
lateral leads
avL, v5+ V6
WHICH ARTERY IS LATERAL LEADS
LEFT CIRCUMFLEX
if sinoatrial node is affected after MI why ?
because it means the right coronary artery was affected as that supplies the SA node and this can lead to arrhythmias like AV blocks
inferior Mi leads and artery
right coronary artery
2,3 Avf
DO WE ALWAYS GIVE OXYGEN INMI
gving oxygen to patients when there sats are perfect has shown to worsen prognois
after having an MI what meds should patients take
- aspirin + another anitplatelye
- bb (bisoprilol)
- ace inhibiotr
- statim