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This patient describes episodes of cardiac-type chest pain that begins on exertion and is always relieved by rest. This is a description of stable angina.
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Stable Angina
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Patients with unstable angina would experience symptoms when at rest. Symptoms of this would not be relieved by rest and occur at random. Therefore, this presentation is most likely to be caused by stable angina.
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Unstable angina
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This patient describes episodes of chest pain that begins on exertion and is always relieved by rest.  This is most likely a presentation of stable angina. STEMI's would present with additional symptoms like pain radiating to the jaw, nausea and vomiting and shortness of breath.
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ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
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This patient describes episodes of chest pain that begins on exertion and is always relieved by rest.  This is most likely a presentation of stable angina. NSTEMIs would present with additional symptoms like pain radiating to the jaw, nausea and vomiting and shortness of breath.
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Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
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This patient describes episodes of chest pain that begins on exertion and is always relieved by rest.  This is most likely a presentation of stable angina.
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d
Anxiety
Concept
Chapter
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Stable angina
Topic
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Cardiology
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A 70-year-old male presents to his GP complaining of episodes of central crushing chest pain. On further questioning, you find that he has had five episodes similar to this in the past last week, and the pain begins on exertion and is always relieved by rest.

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
a