Difference between Angina pectoris and Myocardial infarction

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1. Angina pectoris is a syndrome, and myocardial infarction is a fatal condition which can lead to the abrupt death of a person.

2. Myocardial infarction and angina pectoris are two significantly serious disorders and are frequently interchanged. Early identification of angina pectoris may avert

the disorder from progressing into myocardial infarction.

3. Angina pectoris can be medically termed as chest pain, an outcome of ischemia, or the reduction on the blood supply to the myocardium of the heart from the coronary

arteries. On the other hand, myocardial infarction is a medical emergency more commonly called a heart attack.

4. The insufficiency of the blood supply in angina pectoris is due to the inadequacy of oxygen that reaches the heart. The pain in the chest is linked to angina pectoris as

described by the patient as a pressing, squeezing, choking, bursting, or burning sensation felt at the sternum.

5. Myocardial infarction is an outcome of the destruction or death of myocardial cells that is due to the insufficiency of oxygen. The pain in this condition is expressed

to be excruciating or crushing and typically spreads from the heart to the shoulders, jaw, neck, and back.

6. For angina pectoris, the chest pain and other associated symptoms are not relieved by nitroglycerin or rest.

7. Electrocardiogram test results of the patient with symptoms of angina pectoris illustrate an ST segment depression. Whereas for patients who have myocardial infarction,

it illustrates a T-wave inversion and ST-segment depression or elevation.

8. Angina pectoris can be confirmed using a stress test during exercise. In contrast with angina, myocardial infarction can be additionally confirmed by laboratory tests such

as elevated levels of creatinine phospokinase, myoglobin, and troponin.

9. Management for a patient that has angina pectoris involve nitroglycerin administration to relieve the pain. On the contrary, the interventions for a patient who is completely diagnosed to have myocardial infarction involves oxygen administration, Demerol administration to ease the pain, and proper positioning.

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