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An unusual query in Wellen’s syndrome ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

In addition, the criteria require the absence of precordial Q waves, the presence of history of angina, and normal or slightly elevated cardiac serum markers. How common is thrombosis in the culprit artery of Wellen syndrome ? However by no means, we can say thrombosis do not occur. Wellens is a glorified subset of ACS.

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Concerning EKG with a Non-obstructive angiogram. What happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The commonest causes of MINOCA include: atherosclerotic causes such as plaque rupture or erosion with spontaneous thrombolysis, and non-atherosclerotic causes such as coronary vasospasm (sometimes called variant angina or Prinzmetal's angina), coronary embolism or thrombosis, possibly microvascular dysfunction.

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