Nursing 4400A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Circulation
4 Dec 2018
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Brunner & suddarth"s textbook of canadian medical-surgical nursing (3rd ed. Coronary artery disease: coronary artery disease (cad) is the most prevalent type of cvd is adults. 2: vasospasms can also contribute to coronary artery disease, seeing as the constrict blood flow by narrowing the lumen. Clinical manifestations: symptoms and complications are in accordance to the location and degree of narrowing of the arterial lumen, thrombus formation, and obstruction of blood flow to the myocardium. Prevention: there are 4 modifiable risk factors that have been cited as major risk factors for. Cad and its complications: these include, cholesterol abnormalities, tobacco use, htn, diabetes mellitus. Promoting cessation of tobacco use: cigarette smoking contributes to the development of cad in 3 ways: Controlling diabetes mellitus: for 65% to 75% of patients with diabetes, cvd is identified as the cause of death, hyperglycemia fosters dyslipidemia, increased platelet aggregation, and altered rbc function, which can lead to thrombus formation.
