Wellens' syndrome: Difference between revisions
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==Criteria== | ==Criteria== | ||
#Biphasic T waves in leads V2-V3 OR symmetric, often deeply inverted T waves in V2-V3 | #Biphasic T waves in leads V2-V3 OR symmetric, often deeply inverted T waves in V2-V3 | ||
#Prior history of chest pain | #Prior history of chest pain | ||
#Little or no cardiac enzyme elevation | #Little or no cardiac enzyme elevation | ||
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#Little or no ST-segment elevation | #Little or no ST-segment elevation | ||
#No loss of precordial R waves | #No loss of precordial R waves | ||
*A: Biphasic pattern | |||
*B: Inversion pattern | |||
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==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 2 March 2012
Background
- T wave abnormality that is associated with critical LAD stenosis
- Finding can be transient (persists for hours after pain has resolved and then disappears)
Criteria
- Biphasic T waves in leads V2-V3 OR symmetric, often deeply inverted T waves in V2-V3
- Prior history of chest pain
- Little or no cardiac enzyme elevation
- No pathologic precordial Q waves
- Little or no ST-segment elevation
- No loss of precordial R waves
- A: Biphasic pattern
- B: Inversion pattern
Treatment
- Urgent cardiac catheterization
Source
Wellens’ Syndrome. Annals of Emergency Medicine, March, 1999