Wellens’ syndrome: a case report with atypical features
| Title: | Wellens’ syndrome: a case report with atypical features |
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| Authors: | Giulia Ghizzoni, Edoardo Sciatti, Enrico Vizzardi, Ivano Bonadei, Davide Fabbricatore, Marco Metra |
| Source: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 89, Iss 3 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | PAGEPress Publications, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Wellens’ syndrome, unstable angina, electrocardiogram, T-wave, Medicine |
| More Details: | Wellens’ syndrome is a pattern of electrocardiographic T-wave changes seen in the precordial leads in patients with unstable angina. Two different patterns have been described. Type A presents with biphasic T-waves in V2-V3 and type B presents with symmetrical deep T-wave inversions in V2-V3. The etiology is related to a critical stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD). We describe a patient who presented at our emergency department with intermittent chest pain and showing Wellens’ pattern T-wave inversions in the precordial leads of the electrocardiogram. She was found to have 95% stenosis in mid LAD. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1122-0643 2532-5264 |
| Relation: | https://monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1093; https://doaj.org/toc/1122-0643; https://doaj.org/toc/2532-5264 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/monaldi.2019.1093 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/31af567bd3fb43ff88a782d338726de5 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.31af567bd3fb43ff88a782d338726de5 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 11220643 25325264 |
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| DOI: | 10.4081/monaldi.2019.1093 |
| Published in: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
| Language: | English |