Symptoms of Angina Pectoris
Symptoms of Angina Pectoris
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Medical Books Online about Angina Pectoris
Medical Books Excerpts
Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Angina Pectoris
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Medical Books Excerpts
- CHEST PAIN
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- ARM PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Arm pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Chest pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Chest Pain
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Arm pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Chest pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Chest pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Arm pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Chest pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Chest Pain
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Arm pain
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- ARM PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Myocardial infarction:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Crushing substernal pain radiating to left arm, shoulder blades, and neck; feeling of impending doom; nausea; shortness of breath; sweating; ST-segment changes on electrocardiogram; elevated serum CK-MB and troponin-I levels
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Coronary artery disease:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The classic symptom of CAD is angina, the direct result of inadequate oxygen flow to the myocardium. Anginal pain is usually described as a burning, squeezing, or tight feeling in the substernal or precordial chest that may radiate to the left arm, neck, jaw, or shoulder blade. Typically, the patient clenches his fist over his chest or rubs his left arm when describing the pain, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fainting, sweating, and cool extremities. Anginal episodes most often follow physical exertion but may also follow emotional excitement, exposure to cold, or a large meal.
Angina has four major forms: stable (pain is predictable in frequency and duration and can be relieved with nitrates and rest), unstable (pain increases in frequency and duration and is more easily induced), Prinzmetal’s or variant (from unpredictable coronary artery spasm), and microvascular (in which impairment of vasodilator reserve causes angina-like chest pain in a patient with normal coronary arteries). Severe and prolonged anginal pain generally suggests MI, with potentially fatal arrhythmias and mechanical failure.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Myocardial infarction:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
The cardinal symptom of an MI is persistent, crushing substernal pain that may radiate to the left arm, jaw, neck, or shoulder blades. Such pain is typically described as heavy, squeezing, or crushing and may persist for 12 hours or more. However, in some MI patients — particularly older adults or diabetics — pain may not occur at all; in others, it may be mild and confused with indigestion.
In patients with coronary artery disease, angina of increasing frequency, severity, or duration (especially if not provoked by exertion, a heavy meal, or cold and wind) may signal impending infarction.
Other features
Other signs and symptoms include a feeling of impending doom, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and shortness of breath. Some patients may have no symptoms. The patient may experience catecholamine responses, such as coolness in the extremities, perspiration, anxiety, and restlessness. Fever is unusual at the onset of an MI, but a low-grade fever may develop during the next few days. Blood pressure varies; hypotension or hypertension may be present.
Complications
The most common post-MI complications include recurrent or persistent chest pain, arrhythmias, left ventricular failure (resulting in heart failure or acute pulmonary edema), and cardiogenic shock. Unusual but potentially lethal complications that may develop soon after infarction include thromboembolism; papillary muscle dysfunction or rupture, causing mitral insufficiency; rupture of the ventricular septum, causing ventricular septal defect; rupture of the myocardium; and ventricular aneurysm.
Up to several months after infarction, Dressler’s syndrome may develop (pericarditis, pericardial friction rub, chest pain, fever, leukocytosis and, possibly, pleurisy or pneumonitis). (See Complications of myocardial infarction.)
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Coronary artery disease:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
The classic symptom of CAD is angina, the direct result of inadequate flow of oxygen to the myocardium. It’s usually described as a burning, squeezing, or tight feeling in the substernal or precordial chest that may radiate to the left arm, neck, jaw, or shoulder blade. Approximately 50% of women don’t present with the typical symptoms of angina. These women experience vague symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting.
Typically, the patient clenches his fist over his chest or rubs his left arm when describing the pain, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fainting, sweating, and cool extremities. Anginal episodes most commonly follow physical exertion but may also follow emotional excitement, exposure to cold, or a large meal.
Angina has three major forms:
❑ Stable angina causes pain that’s predictable in frequency and duration and can be relieved with nitrates and rest.
❑ Unstable angina causes pain that increases in frequency and duration. It’s more easily induced.
❑ Prinzmetal’s angina causes unpredictable coronary artery spasm.
Severe and prolonged anginal pain generally suggests MI, with potentially fatal arrhythmias and mechanical failure.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Angina Pectoris as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
When considering symptoms of Angina Pectoris, it is also important to consider Angina Pectoris as a possible cause of other medical conditions.
The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Angina Pectoris may cause:
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Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Angina Pectoris may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
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