Patient Perspectives and Symptom Differences in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Ischemic chest pain is considered to be the hallmark of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The character, location and duration of chest pain can be markedly different in different types of ACS. Patients with ACS can have other symptoms like dyspnea, diaphoresis, nausea, vomiting and palpitations .ST elevation Myocardial infarction( STEMI )is more likely to have prolonged chest pain and Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction is more associated with gastrointestinal symptoms. It was the purpose of our study to identify the differences in symptoms between the types of ST elevation myocardial infarction as well as between STEMI and Unstable Angina / Non ST Elevation Myocarddial infarction ( UA/NSTEMI ). A total of 209 patients with acute coronary syndromes were evaluated (NSTEMI – 102; STEMI – 107). It was found that only less than seventy percent of patients experienced a chest pain during a myocardial infarction. Certain chest pain characteristics were associated with the likelihood of ST elevation MI (viz squeezing, stabbing, pain lasting for > 30 minutes). Patients with STEMI and NSTEMI showed significant differences regarding several presenting symptoms like giddiness, palpitations and fatigue
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Varghese George
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