Tag: Angina
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Stable Angina
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Warning: • Angina is only one manifestation of coronary insufficiency (which may itself be the cause of ischemic heart failure, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia supraventricular and ventricular, or sudden death). • Ischemia can be painless, “silent” (the symptoma¬tologie is unfaithful). • Interest additional tests such as stress testing and stress echo to assess the existence and…
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Arm Pain
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The arm pain is reported by the patient himself. The causes are many and varied. The arm pain can be a symptom moving towards a potentially serious disease (angina pectoris, arteritis, phlebitis, inflammatory myositis, vasculitis …) it will find and diagnose. The main emergencies are acute ischemia (by atheromatous thrombosis or embolism), deep vein thrombosis,…
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Chest pain
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A few figures help to understand the problem that occurs most often in an emergency context: – Chest pain represents about 5% of the chief complaints in the emergency services; – Allowed to leave their homes nearly 5% of patients with chest pain is related to acute coronary symptom; – Pulmonary embolism is one of…
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Angina pectoris
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A- Risk factors: – Five major and independent risk factors are involved in the pathology of atherosclerosis: high cholesterol, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, coronary heredity. – High cholesterol and smoking are paramount in the development of coronary atherosclerosis. – Hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke (carotid atheroma) – Smoking and diabetes are paramount in…
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