Wellens' syndrome or inverted U-waves?
This report describes an example of a patient with chest pain and classic electrocardiographic changes consistent with ischemia in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) territory. This electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormality is known as Wellens' syndrome. However, the same abnormality is also described as inverted U-waves. The significance of this abnormality and the controversy of describing this syndrome is reviewed and discussed.
Movahed
Mohammad Reza
MR
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Tucson, Arizona, USA. rmova@aol.com
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology