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AACN PCCN Review: Acute Coronary Syndrome Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Acute Coronary Syndrome Includes - MI Unstable Angina Angina - Myocardial Anoxia - decreased 02 through coronary arteries Exertional Angina - Four "E's" Exercise Emotional States After Eating Extreme Temper...

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AACN PCCN Review: Acute Coronary

Syndrome Exam Questions with 100%

Correct Answers


Acute Coronary Syndrome Includes - ✔✔MI

Unstable Angina

Angina - ✔✔Myocardial Anoxia - decreased 02 through coronary arteries

Exertional Angina - ✔✔Four "E's"

Exercise

Emotional States

After Eating

Extreme Temperature



Higher rates of MI during thanksgiving night, and first day of snow, etc.

Prinzmetal's Angina or Variant Angina - ✔✔Pain that occurs possibly from

Coronary Vasospasm during Rest.

Stable Angina - ✔✔Pain that is relieved with Rest or Nitro

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Unstable Angina - ✔✔a. Has a recent onset (within 2 months) and severely

limits activity

b. Newly occurs at rest

c. Differs in characters or symptoms from the person's 'typical exertional

angina' (it occurs

with less exertion, has a greater intensity or longer duration, requires more

interventions before obtaining relief)

Non Ischemic Cardiac Causes of Chest Pain: - ✔✔a. Acute Pericarditis

b. Cardiac Tamponade

c. Acute Myocarditis

d. Aortic Stenosis

e. Myocardial Contusion

f. Mitral Valve Prolapse

g. Cardiomyopathies

Non Ischemic Non Cardiac Causes of Chest Pain - ✔✔a. Panic

Attack/Anxiety

b. Illicit Drug Use

c. Gastrointestinal Disorders

d. Spontaneous Pneumothorax

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e. Pulmonary Embolism

f. Pulmonary Hypertension

g. Esophageal Rupture

h. Costochondritis

i. Hypovolemia

Unstable Angina Pathophysiology - ✔✔Partially occluding thrombus



If its unstable: We need to assess where they are on the timetable:

Ischemia-->Injury -->Infarction

Anti-platelet Therapies - ✔✔Aspirin

P2Y Platelet Inhibitors: Plavix, Ticagrilor, Effient

Glycoprotein IIb Inhibitors

Unstable Angina Assessment - ✔✔a. Assessment of Angina: PQRST

Assessment P: Pain, Placement, Provocation

Q: Quality, Quantity

R: Radiation, Relief

S: Severity, Systems (nausea, sweaty, dizziness)

T: Timing (when it started, how long did it last)

b. Medical History

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