Wellens' Syndrome with a proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion

Hongcheng Mai; XianWu Lan; Dan Lu; Yusheng Zhang; AiDong Zhang; Tao Zhang

doi:10.1002/ccr3.479

Wellens' Syndrome with a proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion

Clin Case Rep. 2016 Apr 26;4(6):558-60. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.479. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Authors

Hongcheng Mai¹, XianWu Lan², Dan Lu¹, Yusheng Zhang¹, AiDong Zhang², Tao Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of internal neurology Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital Guangzhou Guangdong 510632 China.
² Department of internal cardiology Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital Guangzhou Guangdong 510632 China.

Abstract

The case is a 52-year-old male admitted to cardiology department with chest tightness. Admission ECG showed nontypical T-wave changes in V2-V4 leads in pain peroids, and increasing severe narrowing of proximal LAD. Cardiac enzymes were abnormal. Emergency coronary angiography showed severe stenosis (99%) in proximal LAD.

Keywords: Electrocardiographic; T‐wave syndrome; Wellens' syndrome; percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports