Your aunt has an acute myocardial infarction and your uncle has a history of angina your aunt asks you how they will know if pain is angina or if he is actually having an MI which statement would be correct?

A) chest pain with angina only occurs during the day and MI pain is more likely at night

B) chest pain with angina only occurs at rest and MI pain occurs only during a stressful time

c) pain is more severe and last longer with angina then with MI

D) Rest and intake of nitroglycerin relieve chest pain with angina but not with MI

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Karlee Stout

Social Studies

4 June, 20:05

Your aunt has an acute myocardial infarction and your uncle has a history of angina your aunt asks you how they will know if pain is angina or if he is actually having an MI which statement would be correct?

A) chest pain with angina only occurs during the day and MI pain is more likely at night

B) chest pain with angina only occurs at rest and MI pain occurs only during a stressful time

c) pain is more severe and last longer with angina then with MI

D) Rest and intake of nitroglycerin relieve chest pain with angina but not with MI

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Araceli Kramer · Answer 1

D) Rest and intake of nitroglycerin relieve chest pain with angina but not with MI

Explanation:

Angina is a condition that causes severe pain in the chest area, caused by a lack of blood in the caridac muscle, whereas myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is the death of cells in a region of the heart muscle due to the formation of a clot that stops the blood flow suddenly and intensely and causes severe pain in the chest area. To know if a patient's chest pain is caused by myocardial infarction or angina, it is necessary for the patient to take nitroglycerin and rest, if after that the chest pains are relieved, the patient had angina; if the pain is not relieved, the patient had myocardial infarction.