MD, Cardiologist, PhD candidate - Acute Cardiovascular Care, arrhythmias, ED. Love is all around❤️
Jul 29, 2019 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
1. “STEMI equivalent” #ECG patterns is crucial for every👨🏻⚕️👩🏻⚕️ dealing with #ACS.
-in 10-25% pts for urgent #PCI
📍Wellens’ syndrome
📍de Winter sign
📍hyperacute T waves,
📍left bundle branch block (LBBB)
📍right bundle branch block (RBBB)
📎ajconline.org/article/S0002-…
2.📍Wellen’s syndrome📍
(other names Wellens' sign, Wellens' warning, Wellens' waves):
is a pattern of deeply inverted or biphasic T waves in V2-3, which is highly specific for a critical stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD)
