A 62-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting chest pain at rest and with ex-ertion. He does not have a history of coronary artery disease and reports that the pain often oc-curs at night
He is most likely experiencing which type of angina?
a. Unstable
b. Stable
c. Prinzmetal
d. Silent
ANS: C
Chest pain that occurs at rest and at night is descriptive of Prinzmetal angina. Unstable angina is a form of acute coronary syndrome that results from reversible myocardial ischemia. Stable angi-na is predictable and occurs with activity. Silent angina has few, if any, symptoms.
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