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Angina Diagnosis and Pediatric Advanced Life Support for Columbus Children

It is Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) that mainly causes Angina which means diagnosing angina means diagnosing its underlying condition- CAD. It is important to visit a cardiologist in this regard who will consider a number of factors before determining whether your angina is from CAD. Common symptoms of angina include pain, pressure or a tightness in the chest, arms, neck, jaw, shoulders or back; difficulty breathing or trouble catching your breath; nausea; lightheadedness; weakness and anxiety. Before moving ahead, here’s a brief on the valuable CPR procedures.

The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation techniques are a combination of chest compressions and rescue breaths. Proper administration of the procedures in a ratio of 30:2 can revive the life of a victim involved in a cardiac arrest. For learning, select a certified training center such as the AHA certified CPR Columbus in Ohio. There are courses for both healthcare and non-healthcare providers. Here’s a brief on a “PALS class Columbus”.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Classes- The PALS course material developed by the American Heart Association is designed to prepare healthcare providers to recognize, prevent, and treat pediatric medical emergencies. The course content is a combination of videos, skill stations, and hands on case scenarios to practice the skills you will learn.

The course fee is $297.
When it comes to angina diagnosis, doctors consider personal characteristics like age, sex, race and weight. Doctors also question about family history of heart disease and diabetes which increases the risk for CAD and angina.

Diagnostic Tests:
A doctor diagnoses angina by listening to the symptoms but actual diagnosis is made by testing that confirms the presence of CAD. Some tests are

1.      Blood tests being a key diagnostic tool which a physician considers in combination with other test results and individual risk factors, inclusive of current health and individual and family medical histories.

2.      An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) records the electrical activity in the heart and detects abnormalities in the heart’s rhythm and certain patterns that suggest there may not be enough blood flow to some portions of the heart.

3.      A noninvasive test by the name of echocardiogram, sometimes called a Doppler, heart ultrasound, or “echo,” uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. This is an effective diagnostic test for angina.

4.      Another noninvasive test by the name of CT coronary angiogram is a specialized CT scan that provides pictures of the arteries of the heart.

5.      Stress test is a test of cardiovascular capacity made by monitoring the heart rate during a period of increasingly strenuous exercise like walking or running on a treadmill, or by peddling a stationary bicycle. Stress tests are used to evaluate how much blood flow is getting to the heart and how effectively the heart is pumping while the ticker is working hard.

6.      An invasive test by the name of coronary angiography involves threading a slender, flexible tube called a catheter into the arteries of the heart and injecting x-ray dye which helps a cardiologist to see the inside of the arteries. It helps a healthcare provider in finding any plaques and measuring their severity and accordingly determining the type of treatment required. Angioplasty and stenting are procedures that are often performed immediately after coronary angiography for reducing the blockage. The conventional coronary angiogram is the gold standard for diagnosis of CAD.

Angina may be stable or unstable which differ in terms of severity and when the symptoms occur. Stable angina is chest discomfort, shortness of breath that happens with a predictable, reliable amount of exertion or stress, and when that pattern has been present for more than four weeks whereas unstable angina is when symptoms of chest pressure, shortness of breath occur for the first time, or have been happening for less than two weeks. Chronic stable angina is when the pattern of angina has been stable for several months.


Sign up for a CPR course today at CPR Columbus, located on 4889 Sawmill Road, Suite- 140, Columbus, OH- 43235. For more information, call on 614-321-2094.

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