Nursing strategies for patients with silent myocardial ischemia.
While angina pectoris has been thought to be a reliable indicator of myocardial ischemia, it is now known that many ischemic episodes are painless or "silent." Critical care nurses play an essential role in detecting this silent disease as well as providing acute nursing care.
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D003422:Critical Care; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy