Medical Technology has Increased Life Expectancy

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In today society medical technology has increase life expectancy of many people throughout the globe; because of such improvement even ordinary people are gaining more medical knowledge than ever. However micro vascular angina pectoris a medical term for chest pain remain number one killer in the world it is a discomfort due to coronary heart disease simply called angina. This occurs when the heart muscle temporarily doesn't get sufficient in order to function properly. In addition it’s usually happens because one or more of the heart's arteries is narrowed or blocked. In the article of Lana management of micro vascular angina pectoris he clearly explain the nature of angina when he state that: "The term micro vascular angina (MVA) is generally used to indicate angina episodes caused by abnormalities of resistance coronary artery vessels, which, in contrast with large conductive pericardial vessels, cannot be visualized on coronary angiography because of their small dimensions (diameter <500 lm). Accordingly, MVA is usually suspected when angina symptoms occur in patients showing normal coronary arteries on angiography." Am J Cardiovascular Drugs. 2014. Unfortunately many people do not take it seriously as it is and they not even realize that may lead to other crucial complication and even death. In other to understand and manage microvasculary angina pectoris the author describe three major points that nurses and everyone in the medical field need to know about: The clinical characteristics and diagnosis of micro vascular angina, the comprehensive approach to treat angina, and the treatment of micro vascular angina ( MVA).
The evidence of characteristic and diagnostic of angina that discuss in the article make an important contr...

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...ate medical treatment for the patient. In addition, risk factors play a very important role in the development of this condition for this reason nurses need to highlight the importance of addressing lifestyle issues and make sure that pharmacological intervention continues to improve.
To sum up, the characteristic and diagnostic of angina, comprehensive approach to treatment and the treatment of micro vascular angina that describe in the article is an important knowledge that nurses and other people in health care need to know to care patient with angina more appropriately. Angina is serious it shouldn't take lightly even it doesn’t mean a heart attack but having angina simple means an increased risk of having a heart attack which can cause death. Some comprehensive approach and treatment are available for patient who compliant and understand nursing teaching.

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