منابع مشابه
[Wellens syndrome].
The assessment of chest pain is a routine in emergency health services. Although this is a common complaint with a broad differential diagnosis. the major concern is the possibility of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Electrocardiography and cardiac enzyme levels are important tools in the investigation of these patients; however. negative results may actually be overlooking the identification of...
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We describe a patient with Wellens' syndrome. In view of the large area of myocardium at risk, the importance of recognizing the significance of this ECG pattern is of critical importance for the emergency physician, especially those involved in the evaluation of patients at emergency department chest pain centers. Wellens' syndrome, the criteria for diagnosis, and a discussion of its implicati...
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Wellens' syndrome is a pattern of electrocardiographic T-wave changes associated with critical, proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery stenosis. The syndrome is also referred to as LAD coronary T-wave syndrome. Syndrome criteria include T-wave changes plus a history of anginal chest pain without serum marker abnormalities; patients lack Q waves and significant ST-segment elevation; such...
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Address for correspondence: Akshay Mishra, M.B, B.S, M.D. The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, Qeeenslad 4032, Australia, e-mail: [email protected] A 41-year-old woman was admitted to the general medical department of a district general hospital with intermittent history of left sided chest pains for the past several weeks. She described the chest pain as a heaviness...
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Wellens' syndrome is characterized by T-wave changes in electrocardiogram (EKG) during pain-free period in a patient with intermittent angina chest pain. It carries significant diagnostic and prognostic value because this syndrome represents a pre-infarction stage of coronary artery disease involving proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery, which can subsequently lead to extensive anteri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cardiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0008-6312,1421-9751
DOI: 10.1159/000455911