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A Case of Wellens Syndrome Combined with De Winter Syndrome

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This paper reports a typical case of Wellens syndrome combined with De Winter syndrome. The male patient was admitted with "one day chest pain". He is 64 years old. He had chest pain without obvious inducement. Preliminary diagnosis: coronary heart disease unstable angina pectoris. The Electrocardiogram of this case is typical of Wellens syndrome. The patient's Electrocardiogram pseudonormalized during the onset of chest pain, and no significant ST-T changes were observed. After being admitted to hospital, chest pain was relieved. In the case of this case, when the chest pain occurred again, the electrocardiogram of the patient showed a 1-3mm depression of J point in lead V2-V6, followed by symmetrical high tip of T wave and normal ECG changes in QRS wave. Which was in line with the characteristics of electrocardiogram changes in De Winter syndrome. Coronary angiography results: right dominant type, no stenosis in LM, LCX and RCA, and 90%-95% stenosis in the middle part of LAD. The Electrocardiogram of the patient showed dynamic evolution of ST-T. Wellens syndrome and De Winter syndrome successively appeared. It suggests that severe proximal stenosis of the anterior descending artery is accompanied by coronary spasm and the possibility of spontaneous remission. Which will lead to changes of electrocardiograph in ST-T. For these patients, it is necessary to observe the changes of the condition closely and monitor the changes of electrocardiogram dynamically. It is likely to progress to acute extensive anterior wall myocardial infarction without further treatment. So it is necessary perform coronary intervention in time.

Published in Clinical Medicine Research (Volume 11, Issue 3)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Epigenetic Modification of Essential Hypertension Gene and Gene Therapy

DOI 10.11648/j.cmr.20221103.11
Page(s) 36-41
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Keywords

Wellens Syndrome, De Winter Syndrome, Stenosis of Anterior Descending Artery

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  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

  • Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Shaoguan, China

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