An incidental case of Wellens' syndrome in a community emergency department

Jaiswal, Deep; Boudreau, Dan

doi:10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.02.012

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“…However, it is often missed, especially in young patients. [1][2][3] Khan reported Wellens' syndrome in a 24-year-old woman with atypical chest pain and characteristic ECG changes. This was initially unrecognised and the young patient subsequently progressed to an anterior non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.…”

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Wellens’ syndrome: a life-saving diagnosis

Chen

Song

2019

CVJA

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Wellens' syndrome is a relatively common clinical entity; however, it is often missed, especially in young patients. Without prompt diagnosis and aggressive intervention, patients with Wellens' syndrome may rapidly go on to develop extensive anterior wall myocardial infarction and possibly sudden death. In this case report, we present a 33-year-old male patient with atypical chest pain, and discuss the significance of a prompt recognition of Wellens' syndrome.

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Wellens’ syndrome: a life-saving diagnosis

Chen

Song

2019

CVJA

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“… Arshad et al (2020) [ 3 ], Nagdev et al (2022) [ 4 ], Khattar et al (2023) [ 5 ], Wang et al (2018) [ 6 ], Jayasekara and Weerakoon (2016) [ 7 ], Parekh et al (2022) [ 8 ], Kim et al (2020) [ 9 ], Avram et al (2021) [ 10 ], Jaiswal and Boudreau (2016) [ 11 ], Natarajan (2020) [ 12 ], Elkholy et al (2021) [ 13 ], Ajibawo et al (2020) [ 14 ], Torelli et al (2020) [ 15 ], Di Stolfo et al (2015) [ 16 ], Mufti et al (2018) [ 17 ], Yazdi and Sharim (2019) [ 18 ], Yang et al (2023) [ 19 ], Plappert et al (2022) [ 20 ], Tan et al (2017) [ 21 ], Khan et al (2013) [ 22 ], Shah et al (2021) [ 23 ], Hollar et al (2015) [ 24 ], Obi et al (2023) [ 25 ], Mathew et al [ 2 ] …”

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“…ECG showed Wellens' morphology. Cardiac enzymes were negative Jaiswal and Boudreau (2016)[11] A 59-year-old female with past medical history of familial hypercholesterolemia and hypertension and positive family history of myocardial infarction presented to the ED for left arm discomfort that developed overnight and resolved spontaneously. ECG showed Wellens' morphology…”

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The Comparative Assessment of Wellens’ Syndrome With Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) Stenosis Versus Right Coronary Artery (RCA) or Circumflex Coronary Artery Stenosis and Its Prevalence: A Systematic Review

Obi¹,

Namireddy²,

Noël³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Wellens' syndrome is well-known for its critical stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) with characteristic electrocardiographic findings of biphasic or deeply inverted T waves in V2-V6 under specific diagnostic criteria. Although the syndrome is known as a high-grade LAD lesion, its sequence of events can also be seen with the right coronary artery (RCA) and the left circumflex artery (LCX). This systemic review attempts to expand on these findings while analyzing the prevalence of Wellens' syndrome with the RCA and/or the circumflex artery. This study also comparatively indicated that Wellens' syndrome is seen in RCA and circumflex artery stenoses when present; the indication of the same medical management is warranted for effective treatment and survival. We extracted and analyzed 24 case reports each with an atypical presentation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and specific Wellens' syndrome pattern of electrocardiogram (ECG) presentation with critical stenosis in the LAD, RCA, and left circumflex artery. The risk of bias assessment was undertaken using internal risk analysis by utilizing medical libraries and certain search phrases to find research articles with the involvement of the LAD as opposed to the RCA and LCX in Wellens' syndrome. Based on the number of respective primary research articles found, a bias calculation was done on the reported respective coronary artery involvement.The finding of our systemic review confirms that Wellens' syndrome is a precordial lead disease with T wave abnormalities that present with critical stenosis of not only the LAD but also the RCA and circumflex artery.The result of our systemic review affirmed that although most Wellens' syndrome cases reported involve the stenosis of the LAD, the critical occlusion of the RCA and/or the circumflex artery was found with Wellens' syndrome pattern of ECG presentation, meaning that the sequence of events is not limited to the proximal LAD.

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