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Acute Coronary Syndrome

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unstable angina   caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle due to narrowed coronary arteries caused by atherosclerosis  
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unstable angina troponin   not elevated  
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unstable angina symptoms   new in onset, occurs at rest, worsening pattern and increasing frequency; crescendo and easily provoked  
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unstable angina EKG   St depression and T wave inversion depending on how much ischemia occurs  
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NSTEMI   occurs due to a partial coronary blockage or a blockage off of the main coronary artery; may or may not show EKG changes; reversible if reperfused within 6 hours  
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NSTEMI symtpoms   pain lasting longer than 10 minutes and radiates to arm, neck, jawline  
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NSTEMI troponin   elevated  
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STEMI   total occlusion of a coronary artery that causes no perfusion to the cardiac muscle  
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STEMI EMERGENCY   artery must be opened within 90 minutes to restore blood flow and oxygen to the heart; immediate PCI and thrombolytic therapy  
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STEMI EKG   ST elevation  
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troponin   cardiac biomarker; released in the blood from necrotic heart muscle; increased 4 - 6 hours after onset, peak 10 - 24, return to baseline 10 - 14 days later  
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echocardiogram   visualize damage to the heart  
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exercise or pharmacological stress testing   only with a STEMI because you have time before intervention is needed  
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cardiac catheterization   goal is to open the occluded artery to limit infarct size; needs to be within 90 minutes for STEMI and 12 - 72 hours for NSTEMI  
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ACS pain   severe, immobilizing chest pain not relieved by rest, position or nitrates; heaviness and pressure, constriction and crushing, substernal or epigastric, neck, jaw  
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ACS sympathetic response   catecholamine release, diaphoresis, vasoconstriction, tachycardia, tachypnea, hypertension, ashen and cool, clammy skin  
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ACS cardiovascular   crackles, JVD, peripheral edema, hepatomegaly, s3 and s4  
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catheterization benefits   faster and less invasive, local anesthesia, faster reperfusion, decreased length of stay  
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thrombolytic therapy   limit infraction size by dissolving thrombus, goal is to give within 30 minutes of arrival; IV atlepase, streptokinase  
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thrombolytic inclusion criteria   chest pain less than 12 hours with EKG findings consistent with an acute STEMI  
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thrombolytic protocols   draw blood to obtain baseline, start 2 large bore IV, give as IV bolus over 30 to 60 minutes, document time beginning  
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reperfusion assessment   ST segment at baseline, resolved chest pain, rise of cardiac biomarkers within 3 hours of therapy  
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nitroglycerin   reduce pain and improve coronary blood flow, immediate onset, monitor for hypotension  
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morphine sulfate   vasodilator, decreases workload of the heart; side effects respiratory depression  
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ACE inhibitors   started within first 24 hours or when BP is stable; ER is less than 40%; prevent ventricular remodeling  
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heart failure complication   right or left ventricle pumping action is reduced  
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cardiogenic shock complication   inadequate oxygen to tissue due to severe left ventricular failure  
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papillary muscle dysfunction complication   massive mitral valve regurgitation causes dyspnea, pulmonary edema and decrease cardiac output, blood back up in the atria; causes different heart sounds and clinical deterioration  
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ventricular aneurysm complication   myocardial wall becomes thinner and bulges out during contraction; leads to HF, arrhythmia and angina; fatal if ruptures  
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acute pericarditis complication   inflammation of visceral and parietal pericardium results in cardiac tamponade, decreased left ventricular filling and heart failure, occurs 2 to 3 days after MI  
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acute pericarditis findings   diffuse ST elevation; pericardial friction rub, chest pain worse with cough and inspiration  
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dressler syndrome complication   pericarditis 1 to 8 weeks after an MI; treat with NSAIDs, corticosteroids or high dose aspirin  
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