What would be your threshold to offer coronary angiography for patients presenting with atypical chest pain features and Wellens syndrome on EKG without a troponin elevation or dynamic EKG changes?
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For patients presenting with atypical chest pain features and Wellens syndrome on EKG without troponin elevation or dynamic EKG changes, what is your approach to deciding when to offer coronary angiography?
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Cardiology · University of Maryland School of Medicine
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In three words- very low threshold.
Wellens syndrome typically presents with T-wave inversion in V 2, 3, but can be across the precordium. The patient may be asymptomatic at the time of presentation, but Wellen probably represents a pre-infarction state representing proximal LAD thrombus. The propos...
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