Technicalities
This is another name for Chest Pain.
What is Angina?
These are risk factors that you can change.
What are modifiable risk factors?
This is the most common complication of Angina.
What is Heart Attack?
This is a common preliminary test to see how your heart handles increased activity that sometimes involves walking on a treadmill.
What is a stress test?
These types of medications can help control Angina. Name 1.
What are Vasodilators (Nitroglycerin), Anti-Anginals (Ranexa), Nitrates (Imdur)?
When experiencing angina, your heart isn't getting enough of these 2 things.
What is oxygen and blood?
These are risk factors you can not change.
What are non-modifiable risk factors?
In addition to chest pain, these accompanying symptoms can indicate impending heart attack. Name 2.
What are chest pressure or fullness, pain extending to arms, jaw, teeth, shoulders, back, shortness of breath, feeling sweaty or clammy, nausea or vomiting, feeling faint, impending sense of doom?
This is a common non-invasive test that can show blood flow through your heart, valve function and test overall heart function or EF (Ejection Fraction).
What is an echocardiogram?
This is an interventional treatment for coronary artery disease caused by 1 or more blocked arteries that is placed during a cardiac catheterization.
What is a coronary stent?
This is another name for fatty deposits that may block heart arteries.
What is plaque?
These are common modifiable risk factors. Name 2.
What are tobacco use, not enough exercise, being overweight, non-prescription drug use and some chronic illnesses like Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension?
Do this for chest pain that lasts longer than a few minutes and doesn't relieve with rest or medications.
What is call 911?
This is a test that utilizes imaging to view the structures and vasculature of your heart.
What is a CT Scan?
This is a surgical procedure that can replace multiple blocked vessels in your heart with healthy vessels harvested from throughout your own body.
What is Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG/Open Heart)?
Angina may present in these ways to men and women alike. Name 2.
What is tightness, pressure, burning, squeezing, numbness or pain in chest, neck, jaw, teeth, arms, back or shoulders, indigestion or shortness of breath?
These are common non-modifiable risk factors.
What are family history/genetics, age, ethnicity, some chronic illnesses?
This is a medication often prescribed to patients with Angina to manage pain.
What is Nitroglycerin?
This is a test that involves magnetic imaging to view more in-depth structures and vasculature of the heart.
What is Cardiac MRI?
These are health conditions related to heart disease that when managed, can help prevent heart disease. Name 1.
What are hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea?
Women have chest pain but may also develop 1 or more of these additional symptoms. Name 2.
What are dizziness, fatigue, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, sweating or weakness?
Look for these 3 letters on your lab work to see how high your "bad cholesterol" is.
What is LDL?
This is how many doses of Nitroglycerin I should take before calling 911 if chest pain doesn't go away.
What is 2 doses?
This is a minimally invasive test that views the vasculature of the heart in-depth by injecting contrast dye into a large vessel in your wrist or groin.
What is Cardiac Catheterization?
These things help prevent angina by following the same lifestyle changes that are used to treat angina. Name 2.
What are take medications as prescribed, avoid or limit alcohol, don't smoke, eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight, reduce stress, get 7 to 9 hours of sleep a day