Wellens’ syndrome: a case report
International Journal of Development Research
Wellens’ syndrome: a case report
Received 02nd April, 2018; Received in revised form 06th May, 2018; Accepted 19th June, 2018; Published online 30th July, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Abdelmajid Bouzerda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Wellens’ syndrome is a condition in which electrocardiographic (ECG) changes indicate critical proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) narrowing occurring during the chest pain-free period. Due to the severity of the obstruction, if such cases are managed by early invasive revascularisation therapy, a major threat in the form of a massive myocardial infarction or sudden death may be averted. We report the case of a 56-year-old patient admitted to an emergency department, because of a thoracic pain suspicious for angina pectoris. Although the patient had become asymptomatic on admission, his electrocardiogram presented abnormalities (T wave inversion in V1 to V6) suggestive of Wellens’ syndrome. This was confirmed by an immediate
