Mrs. Trudell, a 69-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery disease and a prior infarction in March 1996, presented to the emergency department at 3:00 a.m. with substernal chest pain and nausea. She took two sublingual nitroglycerin with resolution of the pain by 4:00 a.m. On admission, her medications included simvastatin 10 mg q.h.s., sublingual nitroglycerin, enalapril 5 mg b.i.d., aspirin 325 mg q.d., and Atenolol 50 mg b.i.d. Her heart rate and blood pressure were controlled with intravenous medications and she was managed medically until hospital day three when she was taken of the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Cardiac catheterization revealed a 90% plus left anterior descending artery lesion distal to D1 with evidence of thrombus, 60% proximal left circumflex lesion with diffuse disease in the OM1, and a 40% right coronary artery lesion. She underwent PTCA and stenting of her left anterior descending artery lesion followed by ReoPro infusion. Electrocardiogram abnormalities had resolved and cardiac enzymes returned to baseline. On discharge, the patient was instructed to resume a low fat, low cholesterol diet and to take aspirin 325 mg p.o. q.d., simvastatin 10 mg p.o. q.h.s., Ticlid 250 mg p.o. b.i.d. for 11 days, Atenolol 25 mg p.o. b.i.d., and enalapril 20 mg p.o. q.d. She had follow-up with Dr. Kroell and Dr. Brendlinger at a later date.
Has the patient taken any medications for substernal chest pain management
She took two sublingual nitroglycerin with resolution of the pain by 4:00 a.m. On admission,