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1. What is CAD ?
Answer: coronary artery disease
2. What causes coronary heart disease?
Answer: build up of plaque made by cholesterol in the arteries
3. How do you diagnose CAD ?
Answer: EKG Echo
Stress test
Chest xray
Angiogram
4. What is ischemia?
Answer: lack of blood flow
,5. ischemia is also called ?
Answer: Coronary artery disease
6. what are the assessment findings for ischemia ?
Answer: Pain or discomfort in upper body Angina
Cold sweat
Feeling full , indigestion
Nausea
Dizzy
Fast ir irregular heart beat
7. What is a holter monitor?
Answer: An ambulatory ECG that monitors patients for 24-48 hours
8. what are the EKG findings of myocardial ischemia ?
Answer: ST depression
9. How do you treat Ischemia ?
Answer: Nitroglycerin Beta blockers
Calcium channel blockers
Thrombolytics
10. people who can't take aspirin should take what instead ?
, Answer: Clopidogrel
11. What is angina?
Answer: Insuflcient oxygen to the heart muscle causing sudden, severe substernal pain radiating to the left
arm
12. what are the symptoms of angina ?
Answer: - pallor
- Diaphoresis
- Nausea
- elevated BP
- Gallop rhythm or apical murmur
13. How long do attacks of angina last ?
Answer: 3-20 mins