Angina pectoris is:. A. An abnormal heart rhythm.
B. An extra heart sound.
C. Caused by rheumatic fever.
D. Chest pain resulting from the temporary difference between the supply and the demand of oxygen to the myocardium.

List three reasons people may begin using tobacco

What can evoke feelings of terror and panic

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis