Patients complaining of fluttering, pounding, or throbbing sensations in their chest are most likely experiencing
a. angina. c. palpitations
b. aortic dissection. d. claudication.
C
Palpitations are irregular heartbeats or the sensation of a rapidly fluttering, pounding, or throbbing heart. Angina, an important cardiac symptom, occurs when the heart's vascular supply cannot keep up with metabolic demand. The pain of angina is characterized as burning, squeezing, or aching, heaviness, and smothering. Aortic dissection causes pain that is sudden, sharp, and tearing. Claudication is cramplike pains in the calves caused by poor circulation of blood to the leg muscles.
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