title: ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction after Pharmacologic Persantine Stress Test in a Patient with Wellens' Syndrome.
abstract: Wellens' syndrome, also known as LAD coronary T-wave inversion syndrome, is a characteristic ECG pattern that highly suggests critical stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. 75% of patients with this finding go on to develop acute anterior wall myocardial infarction within one week unless prevented by early intervention on the culprit lesion. Most instances of ST-elevation occurring during cardiac stress testing have been observed with exercise, with only seven cases reported in the literature with pharmacologic stress. We present a case of a patient with no known cardiac disease who presented with chest pain and an ECG consistent with Wellens' syndrome that developed an acute anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction after pharmacologic stress test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Services, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Seton Hall University, 225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202, USA.
authors.forename: Kunal
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0087-634X
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Services, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Seton Hall University, 225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202, USA.
authors.forename: Fady
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alattar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Services, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Seton Hall University, 225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202, USA.
authors.forename: Jayanth
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koneru
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Services, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Seton Hall University, 225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202, USA.
authors.forename: Fayez
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shamoon