Diagram (Coronary Artery Disease)

PREDISPOSING PRECIPITATING FACTORS:

FACTORS: Lifestyle
Diet (high in fat consumption)
Age Vices (smoking, alcohol)
Gender Activity
Diabetes Mellitus
Race

Fat deposits (atheroma) artery (tunica

media)

Attracts macrophages
(antibody)

Macrophages engulf the

atheroma

Thrombus
Formation of plaques
formation
and nodules

Adheres to the
Signs and artery
Symptoms:
 Restlessness
 Shortness of Atherosclero
sis

Narrowing of the blood Increased Peripheral

vessels (coronary artery) Vascular Resistance
(PVR)

Decreased blood flow through the coronary

artery (ischemia)

CORONARY ARTERY
DISEASE (CAD)
 LEFT
Decreased blood flow to
VENTRICULAR
the heart
HYPERTROPHY

Increased blood
pressure
(Hypertension)

HYPERTENSIVE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
(HCVD)

Severe elevation in blood pressure

without progressive target organ
dysfunction

HYPERTENSIVE

PROGNOSIS

If treated: If untreated:
Nursing Management Further complications occur such
Diet management as:
Reverse isolation
Bone pain management
Pharmacological Management ischemia
Medications (Aspirin, Beta- angina pectoris
blocker,
myocardial infarction
ACE inhibitor, LDL-
lowering drug, when heart attack
needed,Nitroglycerin for cerebrovascular accident
relief of angina
Medical Management
Oxygen Therapy
Surgical Intervention
Percutaneous Coronary DEATH
Intervention (PCI)
Coronary Artery Bypass
Grafting (CABG)