Clinical Reasoning 3 - Chest pain differential Exam 2

pathophysiology of myocardial infarction

during unstable angina, the pain is more or less intense than stable angina?

a good word a patient might describe a myocardial infarction

acute coronary syndrome

Angina arises or worsens during?

Management/treatment of angina includes lifestyle modifications

treatment of unstable angina

occurs above the diaphragm in ascending, arch, descending aorta

epidemiology of TAA

angina can cause pain to radiate where?

risk factors of angina

symptoms of MVD

stable angina is actually the discomfort caused from a different disease?

a major difference of unstable and stable angina is that:

pericarditis is relieved with 1. ____ and worsens by 2. ____

common symptoms of pericarditis

The pain lasts longer in stable angina than unstable

what can relieve angina?

pericarditis is slightly more common in:

epidemiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Coronary Microvascular Disease

Epidemiology of angina

a myocardial infarction can be relieved with nitroglycerin

angina, MI, pericarditis, TAA, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy differentials

fast growing TAA symptoms include:

common hypertrophic cardiomyopathy symptoms

epidemiology of myocardial infarction

neurological, musculoskeletal, referred pain can be...?

location of angina pain:

myocardial infarction can present with medial left arm and jaw pain

epidemiology of unstable angina

what causes angina?

myocardial pain can be sudden onset and last longer than ___ minutes

during an unstable angina, myocardial oxygen demand exceeds supply?

a patient with myocardial infarction can present with:

inflammation of the pericardium with or without effusion

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

pain that is described as "gripping, squeezing, pressure" in chest but worse than angina

Pathophysiology of an Unstable Angina

a slow growing TAA can be asymptomatic

A stable angina is chest pain described as?

angina pain lasts about ___ - ___ minutes

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