Description Mr. Santos , a 52 year old overweight smoker and IT consultant suddenly felt intense chest pain characterized as heaviness over the chest and radiating to the left arm. He was brought to the emergency room . In the emergency room, he divulged that he had been having chest pains whenever he walked or went up the stairs. Upon physical examination, Mr. Santos was hypotensive. ECG revealed myocardial infarction with arrhythmias. 1. What factors present in Mr. Santos could have contributed to development of acute MI? 2. What is the term for the chest pains that Mr. Santos experienced during exercise? What is the pathophysiology of this? 3..Aside from ECG, what other diagnostic and laboratory work-ups need to be done to arrive at a diagnosis of acute MI?

Description Mr. Santos , a 52 year old overweight smoker and IT consultant suddenly felt intense chest pain characterized as heaviness over the chest and radiating to the left arm. He was brought to the emergency room . In the emergency room, he divulged that he had been having chest pains whenever he walked or went up the stairs. Upon physical examination, Mr. Santos was hypotensive. ECG revealed myocardial infarction with arrhythmias. 1. What factors present in Mr. Santos could have contributed to development of acute MI? 2. What is the term for the chest pains that Mr. Santos experienced during exercise? What is the pathophysiology of this? 3..Aside from ECG, what other diagnostic and laboratory work-ups need to be done to arrive at a diagnosis of acute MI?

Anatomy & Physiology

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168130

Author:Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble

Publisher:Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble

Chapter18: The Cardiovascular System: Blood

Section: Chapter Questions

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