10-05-2007, 11:54 AM
A 50-year-old man presents at an emergency room because of several hours of progressively increasing
chest
pain that no longer responds to sublingual nitroglycerin. This type of angina is thought to be due to
which of the
following conditions?
A. Atherosclerosis alone
B. Coronary artery embolism
C. Coronary artery spasm
D. Thrombosis with or without underlying atherosclerosis
E. Vasculitis
chest
pain that no longer responds to sublingual nitroglycerin. This type of angina is thought to be due to
which of the
following conditions?
A. Atherosclerosis alone
B. Coronary artery embolism
C. Coronary artery spasm
D. Thrombosis with or without underlying atherosclerosis
E. Vasculitis