Angina Pectoris Care Plan
Care Plan
For
Angina
Pectoris
Angina Pectoris
Chief Complaint:
Patient complains of having tightness and pain in his chest that seems to move down the left arm. Patient describes the pain as being sharp and can be sometimes a mild pain or an immobilizing pain.
Medical Diagnosis:
Coronary Artery Disease
Pathophysiology of: Angina Pectoris
Angina Pectoris develops when coronary blood flow becomes inadequate to meet myocardial oxygen demand. This causes myocardial cells to switch from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism, with a progressive impairment of metabolic, mechanical, and electrical functions. Angina pectoris is the most common clinical manifestation of myocardial ischemia. It is caused by chemical and mechanical stimulation of sensory afferent nerve endings in the coronary vessels and myocardium. These nerve fibers extend from the first to fourth thoracic spinal nerves, ascending via the spinal cord to the thalamus, and from there to the cerebral cortex. (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/150215-overview, 6/15/10 12:30 pm)
Medical Interventions:
Diagnostic Tests:
1. Coronary intravascular ultrasonography
A coronary intravascular ultasonography is an invasive ultrasound performed from a transducer within the lumen of the coronary arteries. (Laboratory test and diagnostic procedures, By: Cynthia Chernicky, 5th Edition 2008).
2. Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography is a noninvasive acoustic imaging procedure that determines the size, shape, position, thickness and movements of the heart valves, walls, and chambers during each cardiac cycle. (Laboratory test and diagnostic procedures, By: Cynthia Chernicky, 5th Edition 2008).
3. Lipid Profile; Blood
Lipid profile; blood is a test to check the units of each of the following:
A. Total lipids,
B. Triglycerides
C. HDL Cholesterol
D. LDL Cholesterol
E. Total HDL Cholesterol ratio.
4. Stress Exercise Test
Stress exercise test measures
For
Angina
Pectoris
Angina Pectoris
Chief Complaint:
Patient complains of having tightness and pain in his chest that seems to move down the left arm. Patient describes the pain as being sharp and can be sometimes a mild pain or an immobilizing pain.
Medical Diagnosis:
Coronary Artery Disease
Pathophysiology of: Angina Pectoris
Angina Pectoris develops when coronary blood flow becomes inadequate to meet myocardial oxygen demand. This causes myocardial cells to switch from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism, with a progressive impairment of metabolic, mechanical, and electrical functions. Angina pectoris is the most common clinical manifestation of myocardial ischemia. It is caused by chemical and mechanical stimulation of sensory afferent nerve endings in the coronary vessels and myocardium. These nerve fibers extend from the first to fourth thoracic spinal nerves, ascending via the spinal cord to the thalamus, and from there to the cerebral cortex. (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/150215-overview, 6/15/10 12:30 pm)
Medical Interventions:
Diagnostic Tests:
1. Coronary intravascular ultrasonography
A coronary intravascular ultasonography is an invasive ultrasound performed from a transducer within the lumen of the coronary arteries. (Laboratory test and diagnostic procedures, By: Cynthia Chernicky, 5th Edition 2008).
2. Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography is a noninvasive acoustic imaging procedure that determines the size, shape, position, thickness and movements of the heart valves, walls, and chambers during each cardiac cycle. (Laboratory test and diagnostic procedures, By: Cynthia Chernicky, 5th Edition 2008).
3. Lipid Profile; Blood
Lipid profile; blood is a test to check the units of each of the following:
A. Total lipids,
B. Triglycerides
C. HDL Cholesterol
D. LDL Cholesterol
E. Total HDL Cholesterol ratio.
4. Stress Exercise Test
Stress exercise test measures
References: 1. Laboratory test and diagnostic procedures, By: Cynthia Chernicky, 5th Edition 2008. 2. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/150215-overview, 6/15/10 12:30 pm