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Diagnostic Tests for Cad-hypertension

A physician uses certain tests to assess the patient’s risk of CAD, others to indicate whether he has CAD, and still others to determine if he has had an MI-a serious complication of CAD.

Blood Tests

A physician typically orders a serum lipid profile to assess the patient’s risk of CAD. A total blood cholesterol level below 200 mg/dl indicates a relatively low risk of CAD. A level of 200 to 239 mg/dl indicates a moderate risk; one that exceeds 239 mg/dl indicates a serious risk of CAD.

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) and LDL cholesterollevels may help predict the risk of CAD more accurately than total cholesterol levels. An elevated LDL cholesterol level indicates an increased risk of CAD, but a high HDL cholesterol level indicates a lower risk.

A series of cardiac serum enzyme assays can confirm an MI. Total creatine kinase (CK) levels rise within 6 hours after the start of an Ml and peak in 12 to 24 hours after cardiac tissue death. When cardiac tissue dies, CK-MB isoenzymes, which are found only in myocardial cells, enter the blood­stream. Measuring their level can help determine the amount of myocardial damage. Cardiac troponin levels may be better indicators of myocardial damage than CK levels .

The lactate dehydrogenase (LD) level also can indicate an MI. The blood’s LD level rises 24 to 48 hours after an MI and peaks in 3 to 6 days. Two of the five isoenzymes that make up LD-LD1 and LD2-appear primarily in the heart. Normally, the LD2 level is higher than the LD1 level. But when a patient has had an MI, the LD1 level is higher.

Other blood tests, such as aspartate aminotransferase and myoglobin protein levels, also may be used to detect an ML However, because these tests are not specific for MI, they aren’t commonly used. With an MI, the level of serum aspartate aminotransferase, formerly called serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, rises. But because serum aspartate aminotransferase doesn’t contain any heart-specific isoenzymes, the results aren’t definitive. The myoglobin protein level is highly sensitive to myocardial injury, but an elevated level doesn’t confirm an MI because trauma, inflammation, and ischemia also can increase the myoglobin protein level.

Signs and Symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease

Usually, CAD progresses for a long time without producing signs or symptoms. However, when CAD reduces blood flow so much that it no longer meets the body’s need for oxygen, signs and symptoms appear. The most common symptom is angina. Typically, patients with CAD describe this pain as a feeling of tightness, squeezing, burning, or indigestion. The pain may radiate to the jaw, shoulders, arms, or back.

If your patient is experiencing angina, he also may develop nausea, anxiety, sweating, shortness of breath, or numbness of the arms. Angina rarely lasts longer than 15 minutes and usually can be relieved with rest or nitroglycerin.

Although most people with CAD feel pain, those with hypertension also may experience silent ischemia-cardiac ischemia without symptoms. As elevated blood pressure increases afterload, the heart must work harder to pump blood, resulting in an increased myocardial demand for oxygen. Because blockage and narrowing of the coronary arteries prevent the heightened oxygen demand from being met, ischemia develops. Over a prolonged period, the ischemia may trigger angina, or it may progress to a nontransmural myocardial infarction (MI).

A completely occluded coronary artery usually results in an MI. An acute MI causes severe chest pain that can’t be relieved with rest or nitroglycerin. If your patient experiences heart failure, you may hear an heart sound or crackles.

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What do you think this is? chest pain, also hurts when touch chest, help please!!!?

thanks for reading. i have been having reoccuring chest pain. i went to the doc today for the 3rd ekg and nothin bad showed. he pressed around on my chest, and like right in the middle at the bottom of my chest, it hurt when he touched it. like at the middle/bottom of my rib cage, know what i mean? hurt really bad

Took blood tests today get results back thursday. he thinks it could either be acid reflux, thyroid disorder, or anemia. he said that if the nexium doesnt make the pain go away in 2 weeks he’s sednding me to a cardiologist.

my last doc thinks it is angina. What do you think it sounds like? if you need information ask please!

Your e.k.g. are all negative. Your doctor gave you medicine to calm down a problem which he thought was wrong with you, then you started doing alot of exercise, not permitting your body to heal. The doctor should of already tested your CBC blood profile which would of given an indication as to whether or not you are anemic, he can do further tests and he did by the sounds of it. You could have acid reflux, if he gave you the Nexium, take it, it takes almost 3 weeks or so for the medicine to start working. If you are having problems with your digestive system, I do not remember you saying so. But your taking meds. which might be aggravating to your stomach.
Not enough information to say if you have a thyroid problem, but I have a thyroid problem and take med for it.
You will be fine, you are not having a heart attack, I think that a complete cardiac work up is a good idea, has the doctor down tests for your Vitamins and Minerals? If you are laking in something because of the meds which you are taking, this might also be an issue.
Hope this has helped you, you are doing fine and you will be fine.
Good luck and take care.

Tristania-Angina

blood tests angina

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