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A 49-year-old male presents reporting chest pain. EKG reveals ST elevation. He is diagnosed with myocardial ischemia. Which of the following interventions would be most beneficial?
 
  a. Administer a diuretic to decrease volume.
  b. Apply oxygen to increase myocardial ox-ygen supply.
  c. Encourage exercise to increase heart rate.
  d. Give an antibiotic to decrease infection.

Question 2

A 62-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting chest pain at rest and with ex-ertion. He does not have a history of coronary artery disease and reports that the pain often oc-curs at night.
 
  He is most likely experiencing which type of angina?
  a. Unstable
  b. Stable
  c. Prinzmetal
  d. Silent


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Increasing the myocardial oxygen supply is indicated to treat ischemia. A decrease in fluid vol-ume is not appropriate. Heart rate should be decreased to decrease cardiac workload. Antibiotics are not the most beneficial; oxygen is.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Chest pain that occurs at rest and at night is descriptive of Prinzmetal angina. Unstable angina is a form of acute coronary syndrome that results from reversible myocardial ischemia. Stable angi-na is predictable and occurs with activity. Silent angina has few, if any, symptoms.


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