TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Coronary Artery Disease A1 - Baik, Alan H. A1 - Dhruva, Sanket S. A2 - Walter, Louise C. A2 - Chang, Anna A2 - Chen, Pei A2 - Harper, G. Michael A2 - Rivera, Josette A2 - Conant, Rebecca A2 - Lo, Daphne A2 - Yukawa, Michi Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISPresence of risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, diabetes, renal disease, male, older age) accompanying symptoms.Chest discomfort or dyspnea provoked by exertion and subsiding with rest or nitroglycerin.Older adults with coronary disease often have atypical or nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain, dizziness, confusion, or fatigue instead of (or in addition to) more classic symptoms.Electrocardiographic changes: ST elevation, ST depression, T-wave changes, and new Q waves.Exercise or pharmacologic stress test evidence of myocardial ischemia.Angiographic evidence of coronary stenosis. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180016149 ER -