Table 1 Reported cases of pseudo-Wellens syndrome in literature
Article | Etiology | Age, gender | Chief complaint, duration | Reported time of ECG change resolution | Peak troponin I level (ng/ml) | Angiography finding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Langston et al. 2006 [10] | Cocaine | 46, M | Chest pain, 45 minutes | 48 hours | Normal | Normal |
Batra et al. 2008 [11] | Injection drug use | 41, F | Chest pain, several weeks | Not reported | 0.04 | Normal |
Dhawan et al. 2008 [1] | Cocaine | 41, M | Chest pain, 3 hours | 24 hours | Normal | Normal |
Bucciarelli-Ducci et al. 2007 [12] | Unknown | 73, F | SOB, not reported | Persistent at 17 days | 1.1 | 80% stenosis in RCA |
Bucciarelli-Ducci et al. 2007 [12] | Unknown | 41, M | Asymptomatic (found during routine visit) | Persistent at 30 days | Normal | 20% stenosis in the mid-LAD coronary artery 20% stenosis in the mid-RCA |
Bucciarelli-Ducci et al. 2007 [12] | Unknown | 45, M | Chest pain, not reported | 30 days | Normal | Normal |
Migliore et al. 2011 [13] | Myocardial bridge | 78, M | Chest pain, not reported | 6 weeks | 3.05 | Myocardial bridge in LAD coronary artery |
Migliore et al. 2011 [13] | Takotsubo syndrome | 62, F | Chest pain, not reported | 6 weeks | 2.3 | Normal |
Migliore et al. 2011 [13] | Acute cholecystitis | 81, F | Chest pain, not reported | Persistent for 7 days, resolved after 6 weeks | 2.01 | Normal |
Abulaiti et al. 2013 [14] | Unknown | 47, M | Chest pain, 2 months | When chest pain resolved | Normal | 50% stenosis in proximal LAD coronary artery |
Oksuz et al. 2015 [15] | Unknown | 33, M | Chest pain, 1 hour | When chest pain resolved with nitroglycerin | Normal | Normal |
Co et al. 2017 [2] | Marijuana | 22, M | SOB, 5 days | 7 months | Normal | Angiography is not performed |
Kaplanis et al. 2017 [3] | Myocardial bridge | 55, M | Chest pain, 3 days | Not reported | Normal | Myocardial bridge in the mid-LAD coronary artery |
Lin et al. 2017 [16] | Cocaine | 52, M | Chest pain, 1 day | When chest pain resolved | Normal | Non-occlusive LAD coronary artery |
Inayat et al. 2018 [17] | Cannabis, PCP | 41, M | Chest pain, 6 hours | 12 weeks | Normal | Normal |
Kumar et al. 2018 [18] | Cocaine | 27, M | Chest pain, not reported | 1 week | Not reported | Not performed |
Sedhai et al. 2018 [4] | Pulmonary embolism | 22, M | Chest pain, not reported | Not reported | Normal | Not performed |
Grautoff et al. 2019 [19] | Acute cholecystitis | 54, M | Epigastric pain, not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not performed |
Muhailan and Al-Shbool 2019 [20] | Nivolumab/ipilimumab | 70, M | Syncope, not reported | 2 weeks | 1.94 | Normal |
Ola and Tak 2019 [21] | HTN and LVH | 61, M | Chest pain, 3 days | When hypertension resolved | Normal | Normal |
Effoe et al. 2019 [22] | Acute pancreatitis | 45, M | Chest pain, | When chest pain resolved (24 hours) | Normal | Anomalous origin of the dominant RCA from the opposite sinus |
Ju et al. 2020 (present case) | Sepsis | 62, M | Chest pain, one day | 6 days | Normal | Normal |