Encourages nurses to educate patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) regarding their disease. Necessity of learning to live with the disorder; Characteristics of CAD; Causes of CAD; Attribution of angina to lack of oxygen; Information on diagnostic tests used for evaluating the heart and ...
before intercourse). Gastric upset (e.g., nausea) is not an expected side effect of nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin does not impact the underlying pathophysiology of coronary artery atherosclerosis. Which statement made by a patient with coronary artery disease indicates that further d...
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) particularly at a younger age. We sought to determine the effect of risk factors on the prevalence of CAD in age stratified hospitalized patients with SLE. Methods The National Inpatient Sample ...
Effects of angiographic contrast medium on left ventricular function in coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 1973;32:21–6. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Klow NE, Mortensen E, Refsum H. Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function during coronary arteriography before and after acute left ...
To measure hospital- and surgeon-specific mortality rates for patients with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and to examine possible reasons for any differences.Cohort study using hospital discharge abstracts and itemized bills.Five major teaching hospitals in Philadelphia, Pa.Consecutive sample...
1A client with coronary artery disease reports intermittent chest pain that occurs with exertion. The physician prescribes sublingual nitroglycerin. When teaching the client about nitroglycerin administration, the nurse should include which instruction() A. "Be careful after taking nitroglycerin because it...
ajr integrative imaging ajr teaching file: a right paracardiac mass in a patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting AJR teaching file: a right paracardiac mass in a patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting. AJR Am J Roent- genol 2010; 195 ... L Frank,GC...
breathing exercise and conventional treatment in reduction of duration of mechanical ventilation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).Bypass grafting of the coronary arteries involves using healthy arteries from the arm, chest, or legs to create a bypass around a blocked artery. Cardiop...
Differences in mortality from coronary artery bypass graft surgery at five teaching hospitals. JAMA 266:810-815.WILLIAMS, S. V., NASH, D. B. and GOLDFARB, N. (1991). Dif- ferences in mortality from coronary artery bypass graft surgery at five teaching hospitals. J. Amer. Medical Assoc....
coronary artery bypass graft surgery in New York State in 1990.Percentage of patients who had bypass surgery for appropriate, inappropriate, or uncertain indications; operative (30-day) mortality; and complications.Nearly 91% of the bypass operations were rated appropriate; 7%, uncertain; and 2.4%...