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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Wellens' syndrome''' (or '''sign''', or occasionally '''warning''') is an [[electrocardiographic]] manifestation of critical proximal [[left anterior descending]] ([[LAD]]) coronary artery [[stenosis]] in patients with [[unstable angina]]. It is characterized by symmetrical, often deep >2mm, [[T wave | '''Wellens' syndrome''' (or '''sign''', or occasionally '''warning''') is an [[electrocardiographic]] manifestation of critical proximal [[left anterior descending]] ([[LAD]]) coronary artery [[stenosis]] in patients with [[unstable angina]]. It is characterized by symmetrical, often deep >2mm, [[T wave]] inversions in the anterior precordial leads. A less common variant is biphasic T wave inversions in the same leads.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Tandy | first = TK |coauthors = Bottomy DP, Lewis JG | title = Wellens' syndrome | journal = Annals of Emergency Medicine | volume = 33 | issue = 3 | pages = 347–351 | year = 1999 | month = March | pmid = 10036351 | doi = 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70373-2}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Wellens' syndrome (or sign, or occasionally warning) is an electrocardiographic manifestation of critical proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery stenosis in patients with unstable angina. It is characterized by symmetrical, often deep >2mm, T wave inversions in the anterior precordial leads. A less common variant is biphasic T wave inversions in the same leads.[1]