Article
Wellens' syndrome: a close call.
BMJ Case Rep
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-21-2018
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Abstract
We describe a case of a middle-aged man who presented to the emergency department with typical anginal chest pains and found to have new, deeply inverted T-waves on ECG consistent with Wellens' syndrome. Similar to the description by Wellens et al, a critical 99% stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery was indeed confirmed by coronary angiography and successfully treated with drug-eluting stent. It is very important that physicians recognise this ECG finding as a harbinger of a serious cardiovascular condition and the necessity for an early invasive cardiac catheterisation.
Citation Information
Nneka Udechukwu, Pragya Shrestha, Muhammad Zeeshan Khan and Anthony A Donato. "Wellens' syndrome: a close call." BMJ Case Rep Vol. 2018 (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anthony-donato/4/