1. Pierre sprayed nitroglycerin in his mouth. Nitroglycerin opens up the arteries and blood vessels in the heart to improve blood flow. The cardiac muscle relaxes and reduces the work the heart is trying to put out. (WebMD 2018)
2. The pathophysiological problem that Pierre has is angina pectoris. That is caused by decreased oxygen supply to the heart. When there is not enough oxygen supplied to the heart to make enough ATP, the individual has severe chest pain and the heart starts to cramp up. Arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, and coronary artery spasms are the major causes of angina. (AHA 2017, Hitner Nagle 2016)
3. I do not believe he as a myocardial infarction. Even though Pierre did experience pain in his sternum, left shoulder and jaw,
