The ‘widow maker’: Electrocardiogram features that should not be missed
- Author:
Yusuf Muharam M
;
Ahmad R
;
Harmy MY
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Wellen’s syndrome;
widow maker;
myocardial infarction
- MeSH:
Electrocardiography;
chest pain
- From:Malaysian Family Physician
2013;8(1):45-47
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Patients with Wellen’s syndrome often present with chest pain and found to have specific precordial T-wave changes on the electrocardiogram (ECG). They subsequently develop a large anterior wall myocardial infarction. These specific electrocardiographic abnormalities are associated with critical stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). This syndrome is
often under-recognised and has fatal consequences; it is, therefore, also known as the widow maker. We highlight a case of a 39-year old gentleman who had a history of coronary artery disease and typical ECG characteristics of Wellen’s syndrome.
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