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ArticleAnnals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2024

Coronary Angiographic Features of de Winter Syndrome: More Than Just Occlusion of the Left Anterior Descending Artery.

Wenyi Tang, Junwei Xu, Fangyuan Cheng, Tianmin Liu, Zijian Lin, Bairong Chen, Jian Chen, Liyun Luo

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Article in Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Evidence for Electrocardiographic Patterns Identifying Acute Coronary Occlusion in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Scoping Review.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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Wenyi TangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8720-7965
Junwei XuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, China.
Fangyuan ChengDepartment of Ultrasound, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Tianmin LiuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Zijian LinGeneral Department, Zhongshan City People's Hospital, Zhongshan, China.
Bairong ChenDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
Jian ChenDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5567-2280
Liyun LuoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.

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backgroundThe de Winter electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern is a rare presentation of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) equivalent. The clinical profile of de Winter syndrome remains to be clarified.

methodsMedical records of 1865 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted from November 2018 to July 2023 were screened. Twelve patients (0.6%) with de Winter syndrome were included. STEMI patients whose culprit vessel was the left anterior descending artery (LAD) but without de Winter ECG pattern were selected as controls after 1:2 matching for age and sex.

resultsThe de Winter syndrome patients were all male, aged 49.0 (46.3-52.5) years. The culprit lesion was the proximal LAD in seven patients (58.3%), the middle LAD in three (25%), the left main coronary artery in one (8.3%), and the ramus intermedius artery in the other. All of their culprit lesions had TIMI Thrombus Grade < 4, Cohen-Rentrop Score ≤ 2, and residual stenosis ≥ 80% after pretreatment with thrombus aspiration or balloon predilatation. Intracoronary imaging data were available in four patients, showing severe atherosclerotic stenosis. Compared with STEMI, de Winter syndrome had a higher prevalence of prior recurrent angina (75.0% vs. 37.5%, p = 0.034), better coronary collateralization (Cohen-Rentrop Score: 1 vs. 0, p = 0.001), lower thrombus burden (TIMI grade: 1 vs. 2, p = 0.005) but more severe atherosclerotic stenosis in the culprit lesions (90% vs. 60%, p < 0.001).

conclusionsThe culprit lesions of de Winter syndrome have a low thrombus burden, severe atherosclerotic stenosis, and poor collateral circulation protection.

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Coronary AngiographyElectrocardiographyST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionCoronary OcclusionCoronary VesselsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studiesanterior ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarctioncoronary angiographyde Winter syndrome

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