Question 281 · LEK · Coronary artery disease
A 62-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of retrosternal pain lasting for approx. 1 hour. ECG revealed negative T waves in leads II, III and aVF (as seen on the picture below). The patient’s condition could be assessed with the use of the following grading scale:
- A. EHRA.
- B. NYHA.
- C. CCS.
- D. A and C are true.
- E. none of the above.
Hint
The pain is ischaemic with inferior T-wave inversion; choose the scale that grades angina rather than heart failure or arrhythmia symptoms.
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