SYNDROME DE WELLENS: DEFI DU PRATICIEN.
- Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires ? H?pital militaire Avicenne de Marrakech.
- Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires ? CHU Mohammed VI ? Marrakech.
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Wellens' Syndrome is a pattern of electrocardiographic T-wave changes associated with critical, proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery stenosis associated with a high risk of myocardial infarction and sudden death. We report a case of Wellens's syndrome in a 36-year-old patient presenting with intermittent anginal chest pain. The electrocardiogram (ECG) shows a biphasic T-wave at anterior leads and Emergency angiography revealed critical LAD occlusion. It is important for the emergency physicians, to recognize the typical ECG findings of Wellens' Syndrome, because these characteristic ECG findings are considered as a marker for critical LAD occlusion.
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[A. Zbitou, A. Chetoui, Y. Ikejder and A. Khatouri. (2018); SYNDROME DE WELLENS: DEFI DU PRATICIEN. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Aug). 744-747] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
