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A 30-something woman with intermittent CP, a HEART score of 2 and a Negative CT Coronary Angiogram on the same day

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 34 yo woman with a history of HTN, h/o SVT s/p ablation 2006, and 5 months post-partum presented with intermittent central chest pain and SOB. Thus, Wellens' syndrome should be thought of as a transient OMI or transient STEMI. Transient STEMI is at high risk of re-occlusion. This was sent by a colleague.

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Why many Ischemic VTs are not abolished by revascularization ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

There is a problem here too ,even critical Ischemia with high grade unstable angina rarely trigger a VT but STEMI seems to have the exclusive rights to trigger it , by its ability to produce acute transmural ischemia. best , it is just a back up device to tackle the escaped VTs in spite of RF ablation and drugs. Reference 1.