Family Medicine Flashcards
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Normal maximum heart rate
220-patients age
Key symptoms of MI/ angina(6)
Chest heaviness Pressure Pain Radiating to left arm, shoulder, jaw SOB Diaphoresis is a key symptom
Chest pain radiating to shoulder, neck or back, worse with deep breathing or cough
Relieved by sitting up and leaning forward
Pericarditis
Severe chest pain radiating to back, associated with unequal pulses or blood pressure in arms
Aortic dissection
Tachypnea
Tachycardia
Pulmonary embolism
Sharp localized chest pain with reproducible tenderness
Exacerbated by exercise
Costochondritis
Drugs to not take if taking stress test
Beta blockers
Digoxin
Pharmacologic stress test
Dobutamine
Stress test for CAD positive if patient develops (3)
ECG changes (ST elevation or depression)
Decrease blood pressure
Failure to exercise more than 2 minutes due to cardiac symptoms
Echocardiography
Ultrasound of heart
Picture of heart
Can evaluate function
Valvular defects
Strength of heart muscle (ejection fraction)
Wall motion abnormality
Left heart catheterization process
vs right heart catheterization
Wire is inserted through a vessel (radial or femoral) and threaded to coronary vessels
Right heart catheterization is through a vein
Tx Stable angina
Beta blocker (reduces myocardial oxygen demand)
Aspirin
Nitroglycerin
Chest pain certain hour in the morning Chronic - what is it - imaging - tx
Prinzmetal’s angina
- coronary vasospasm
No stenosis or plaque in coronary vessels
ECG may show transient ST elevations
Tx: Calcium channel blockers
Nitrates to reduce vasospasm
Acute coronary syndromes
Unstable angina or actual MI
Imbalance of myocardial oxygen supply and demand
Serum markers for MI
1 hr-4 : myoglobin elevated (peak 6)
3 hrs-12 : Troponin T or I
- very sensitive and specific
- elevated for a week
(peak 18-24)
4-8 hr: creatinine phosphokinase (peak 18-24) -nonspecific - but CK MB is specific - elevated 3-4 days
Patients with acute coronary syndrome should be given
MONA + beta blocker
Morphine
Oxygen
Nitate
Asprin (clopidogrel if allergy)
Morphine should be given last
Placed on cardiac monitor (at risk for arrhythmias)
Unfractioned heparin
Closed fist over chest sign
Levine’s sign
Sign of acute coronary syndrome
Thrombolytics
Streptokinase Urokinase Anistreplase Alteplase Reteplase
Contraindications are risk of bleeding
ACS + ST elevation MI Tx
MONA + beta blocker
Thrombolytics and/or catheterization
TIMI score (7)
scoring system for aptients with NSTEMI to determine if cath necessary
> 65 >= 3 CAD risk factors Prior coronary stenosis ST changes of ECG >= 2 anginal episodes in 24 hrs Use of aspirin in prior week Positive serum markers
TIMI >4 get invasive management
ECG changes in II, III, aVF
Inferior wall MI
Affects right ventricle
Major danger of dropping preload
Tx: maintain preload with aggressive fluids and avoid nitrates
ST elevations in V1, v2, V3
Anteroseptal MI
ST elevations in V5, V6, I, aVL
Lateral wall MI
Tall ST elevation in II, III, AVF, tall R with ST depression in V1, V2, and ST elevation in V4R
Posterior wall MI