Wellens Syndrome without chest pain, is it possible?
Aged
Angina Pectoris
/ etiology
Asymptomatic Diseases
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease
/ complications
Coronary Stenosis
/ complications
Drug-Eluting Stents
Electrocardiography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
/ instrumentation
Predictive Value of Tests
Syndrome
Treatment Outcome
Journal
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences
ISSN: 2284-0729
Titre abrégé: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9717360
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
entrez:
4
8
2020
pubmed:
4
8
2020
medline:
30
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Wellens syndrome is a typical electrocardiographic and clinical pattern that correlates with a severe proximal stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). It is associated with previous angina, no or slightly increased cardiac markers, and two ECG patterns: diphasic T wave in V2-V3 (Type A) or deep negative T waves from V1 to V4 (type B). In this paper, we described two cases with asymptomatic Wellens patterns. We describe two cases of Wellens syndrome ECG pattern that we observed in our Emergency Department not accompanied by chest pain or angina equivalents. Both patients presented significant stenosis of LAD at the coronary angiography. Asymptomatic patients presenting with Wellens ECG pattern should perform a coronary arteriography cause of the risk of a severe LAD stenosis. We need further studies to confirm if all "silent" Wellens syndromes deserve angiographic study.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32744698
doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202007_22275
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM