Question

21 year old male presents to the ED with stable angina. He underwent a full cardiac workup, and was ultimately found to have multivessel CHD. In summary, the presence of mild dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, obesity, and a family history was sufficient to induce ischemic heart disease at such a young age.

What lifestyle modifications would you recommend to this client? List 3.

What does the cardiac workup (i.e diagnostics or labs) consist of? List 3.

What are potential complications for this client? List 3.

Answer 1

The lifestyle modifications that I recommend to this client are-

1- Eat a properly balanced diet

2- Do regular exercises

3- Quiz smoking as soon as possible

Cardiac stress test involves stress-test in which a person has to run on the treadmills and their heart-rate,  rhythm, blood pressure and the electrical activity of the heart is tested.

The potential complications for this client are-

1- Unbearable heart pain.

2- Chance of a heart attack.

3- Heart related problems.