Recent advances in angina management: implications for nurses.
This article describes the physiology of the heart and the pathophysiology of angina. Diagnosis and treatment options, including pharmacological therapies, are outlined. The authors also discuss cardiac rehabilitation programmes and the extended role of nurses in managing patients with angina.
Conway
Barvara
B
Darlington Primary Care Trust, County Durham. barbara.conway@darlingtonpct.nhs.uk
Fuat
Ahmet
A
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015607:Stents; D006113:United Kingdom; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D005996:Nitroglycerin