Identifying Symptomatic Ischemia

Do your patients have these risk factors

Patients with the following cardiovascular risk factors may be at risk for ischemia and angina1:

  • Hypertension
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Diabetes and insulin resistance
  • Lack of physical activity
  • Obesity
  • Mental stress and depression
  • Smoking

Give ischemia a voice

Asking your patients these questions may help uncover chronic angina in your practice:

  • Are you able to walk up a flight of stairs without becoming out of breath, feeling chest pain, or needing to rest?
  • Do you ever feel short of breath after exertion?
  • Do you ever have pain or discomfort in your chest, arm, back, or shoulder?
  • Have you eliminated activities you could do 1 year ago?

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Fact
Fact

25% of patients with stable angina also had diabetes in the ACC–National Cardiovascular Data Registry (n = 375,886).2

References

  • Ridker PM, Libby P. Risk factors for atherothrombotic disease. In: Braunwald E, Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:1003-1012.

  • Shaw LJ, Shaw RE, Merz CNB, et al. Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circulation. 2008;117:1787-1801.

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