A Silent Alarm at Occupational Evaluation Two Months after a Normal Painful ECG: A Case of Wellens’ syndrome
Joint Authors
Mastroianno, Sandra
De Luca, Giovanni
Potenza, Domenico Rosario
Marchese, Nicola
Vigna, Carlo
Fanelli, Raffaele
Di Stolfo, G.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We describe a case of a 42-year-old man, with a previous episode of angina and a normal ECG and serum cardiac markers, and a two months later finding of biphasic T wave in leads V2-V3 and deeply inverted T wave in V4-V5 at a asymptomatic occupational evaluation.
This is a typical ECG pattern of Wellens’ syndrome.
A subsequent coronary angiography showed a critical stenosis of proximal left anterior descendent.
We underline the careful value of prolonged observation in chest pain unit and repetitive ECG evaluation also during pain-free period after an angina episode, to exclude an earlier T wave pseudonormalization.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Di Stolfo, G.& Mastroianno, Sandra& De Luca, Giovanni& Potenza, Domenico Rosario& Marchese, Nicola& Vigna, Carlo…[et al.]. 2015. A Silent Alarm at Occupational Evaluation Two Months after a Normal Painful ECG: A Case of Wellens’ syndrome. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Di Stolfo, G.…[et al.]. A Silent Alarm at Occupational Evaluation Two Months after a Normal Painful ECG: A Case of Wellens’ syndrome. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Di Stolfo, G.& Mastroianno, Sandra& De Luca, Giovanni& Potenza, Domenico Rosario& Marchese, Nicola& Vigna, Carlo…[et al.]. A Silent Alarm at Occupational Evaluation Two Months after a Normal Painful ECG: A Case of Wellens’ syndrome. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058163
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058163