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crescendo: a standalone construct

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crescendo1 CONSTRUCTCrescendo anginaBRAUNWALD · UNSTABLE ANGINA

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Clinical cardiology

Angina of a worsening, accelerating pattern

In cardiology, crescendo angina is chest pain that grows in frequency, duration, or severity over hours to days, a worsening pattern that marks unstable angina and a rising risk of infarction. Braunwald's Unstable Angina: A Classification places this accelerating course within a clinical scheme used to stratify risk; the same word also names the crescendo–decrescendo shape of certain heart murmurs on auscultation. The referent is a clinical trajectory of symptoms, borrowing the musical word only as a metaphor for intensification.[1]

Unit
The trend in frequency, duration, and severity of anginal episodes over time
Recovery means
Stabilisation or revascularisation can halt the progression; the crescendo pattern itself signals instability
Measured by
Judged clinically by the escalating pattern of angina and its context within unstable-angina risk classification

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References

  1. Braunwald, E. (1989). Unstable angina: A classification. Circulation, 80(2), 410–414. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.80.2.410

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