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What are risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease? -Age (men 45+, women 55+), -Most common in white men and men until 75 years -Race -Trauma -Chronic Conditions: Diabetes, peripheral artery disease, carotid artery disease -Ischemia What are modifiable risk factors of CAD? hyperlipidem...

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What are risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease? - ANSWER- -Age (men 45+,
women 55+),
-Most common in white men and men until 75 years
-Race
-Trauma
-Chronic Conditions: Diabetes, peripheral artery disease, carotid artery disease
-Ischemia

What are modifiable risk factors of CAD? - ANSWER- hyperlipidemia, tobacco
use, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, inactivity

What is the most common cause of CAD? - ANSWER- Atherosclerosis

Primary Prevention - ANSWER- Diet: low in saturated fat, high in fiber
Exercise: increases HDL, reduces triglycerides
Ideal Body Weight
Smoking Abstinence
Blood pressure regulation: high BP is more risky and increases size of left
ventricle over time
Cholesterol level
Blood glucose regulation

Atherosclerosis - ANSWER- Plaque buildup

What causes atherosclerosis? - ANSWER- Endothelial injury: tobacco use, hyper
lipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, toxins, infections

Inflammation

, LDL level - ANSWER- LDL <100mg/ld

Total cholesterol level - ANSWER- <200 mg/dL

HDL level - ANSWER- >40 mg/dL

Triglyceride level - ANSWER- <150 mg/dL

How many percent of people will have no symptoms during coronary events? -
ANSWER- 15%

What is the most common symptom of myocardial ischemia? - ANSWER- chest
pain, may also have epigastric pain

What does CAD lead to? - ANSWER- Angina/myocardial sichemia

How to assess angina - ANSWER- P: precipitating events
Q: quality of pain (sharp, dull, etc.)
R: region & radiation
S: severity
T: timing of pain

What are anti-anginal medications? - ANSWER- Nitrates: short & long acting

Decrease O2 demand of myocardium and increases oxygen supply

short acting nitrates - ANSWER- nitroglycerin sublingual

Nitroglycerin education - ANSWER- Do not take viagra, keep on pt at all times,
keep in original container, call 911 if 3 does does not work

long acting nitrates - ANSWER- isordil

What can unstable angina lead to? - ANSWER- myocardial infarction

Lipid-lowering agents - ANSWER- Statins, Niacin, fibric acid derivatives, zetia,
antiplatelets

Statins - ANSWER- Inhibit cholesterol synthesis, decrease LDL, increase HDL
Monitor for liver damage and myopathy through enzymes and rnhabdomylosis

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