Open AccessWELLENS SYNDROME:RECOGNIZE EARLY TO AVOID LIFE THREATENING CATASTROPHE
Author(s) -
Manish Ruhela,
Indira Sahu,
Rakesh Kumar Ola,
Rajeev Bagarhatta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/13975
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , unstable angina , anterior wall , myocardial infarction , t wave , stenosis , precordial examination , acute coronary syndrome , electrocardiography
Wellens syndrome is an electrocardiographic pattern involving T waves in precordial leads in a group of patients presenting with unstable angina suggestive of critical stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD).It is very crucial for attending physicians to be able to recognize these patterns because failure to do so can lead to life threatening catastrophe and devastating outcome.Here we report a case of a type A wellens syndrome with subtle T wave changes that went unnoticed during the initial assessment and led to anterior wall myocardial infarction.