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Discussion Topics: Management of Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders, chpt. 23
1. A patient recently diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) states having had a high cholesterol level for several years.
ï‚· What are the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for coronary atherosclerosis?
  What correlation does low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) have to do in relation to    coronary atherosclorsis?
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2. A 60-year-old patient with CAD has come to the ED holding his chest and complaining of pain.
ï‚· What immediate care should the patient receive?
ï‚· Describe percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
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3. You are caring for a patient who has just returned from cardiac surgery involving a coronary artery bypass graft    (CABG).
  Using the nursing process as a framework for care of a patient who has undergone cardiac surgery, what type     of information does the nurse commonly need to answer about this surgery?
  What common potential complications of cardiac surgery related to decreased cardiac output does the nurse     need to assess for the patient who has undergone surgery?
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