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===Physical Examination=== | ===Physical Examination=== | ||
Oxygen deficiency of the heart leads to ischemia, ischemia and the discomfort the patient experiences lead to sympathetic activation of the nervous system. This is detectable during physical examination by an increase in heart rate and elevation in blood pressure. | Oxygen deficiency of the heart leads to ischemia, ischemia and the discomfort the patient experiences lead to sympathetic activation of the nervous system. This is detectable during physical examination by an increase in heart rate and elevation in blood pressure. | ||
Ischemia can also cause a temporarily impairment in myocardial function, on auscultation you could hear a paradoxically split second heart sound, a third or fourth heart sound and a mitral regurgitation murmur. All these findings however disappear with resolution of the ischemia | Ischemia can also cause a temporarily impairment in myocardial function, on auscultation you could hear a paradoxically split second heart sound, a third or fourth heart sound and a mitral regurgitation murmur. All these findings however disappear with resolution of the ischemia. Up to date: Pathophysiology and clinical presentation of ischemic chest pain, geen bronvermelding. | ||
===ECG=== | ===ECG=== | ||