S2 L2.2: Angina Flashcards
Pain coming from the heart
Angina
Pain over the chest
Pectoris
Is essentially defined as chest pain
Angina Pectoris
T/F: Chest pain can also be felt on the arm because nerves of heart and arm fall into the same nucleus
True
What do you call the type of pain that may be referred to the left shoulder, neck, jaw, or between shoulder blades?
Ischemic pain
T/F: Angina Pectoris is a superficial visceral pressure pr squeezing sensation
False. It is a DEEP visceral pressure or squeezing sensation
T/F: Angina Pectoris is difficult to locate because it is not skin-deep
True
T/F regarding angina pectoris:
- Some describe it as tightness, heaviness, and so,e say there is radiation to the back
- Some diabetics experience it in stomach
- Sometimes mistaken for hyperacidity but it is already a heart attack
- Should not be interpreted as heart attack but as a symptom of a possible heart attack
- Almost always at the back or epigastrium; at times, substernal
1 - 4: True
5. False because angina pectoris is almost always substernal; at times, at the back or epigastrium
Give me the three (3) possible locations that the pain of angina pectoris can radiate to
jaw, neck or arm; typically the ulnar sirface of left arm
How many minutes does angina usually occur?
2 - 30 mins. It is typically transient
T/F Regarding Angina Pectoris:
- Precipitated by exertion, emotional upset or other events
that increase myocardial oxygen demand (tachycardia or HTN) - Relieved by rest or cessation of triggering event and
nitrates - Beyond 30 mins it can already be a heart attack
- May radiate to neck, shoulder, arm
- T
- T
- T
- T
T/F:
Anything that increase myocardial oxygen demands either through physical or emotional/ psychological means as long as there’s bradycardia or blood pressure goes down may indicate angina pectoris which may lead to a heart attack
False
Anything that increase myocardial oxygen demands either through physical or emotional/ psychological means as long as there’s TACHYCARDIA or blood pressure goes UP may indicate angina pectoris which may lead to a heart attack
What is the theory of convergence?
Chest pain coming from the heart can also be
felt in the arm because the nerves that supply
the heart and arm end up on the same nucleus
in the dorsal column of the spinal cord
What is defined as not typically the chest heaviness, tightness, or squeezing
pain?
Anginal Equivalents
Give me the five (5) symptoms of anginal equivalents that are usually in the elderly and diabetics
○ Dyspnea
○ Faintness
○ Fatigue
○ Eructation
■ “Empacho” or indigestion feeling
○ Epigastric pain
T/F:
It is okay to sometimes disregard the symptoms of anginal equivalents as these do not usually lead to heart attack
False.
Very important not to disregard these symptoms as these
may lead to heart attack