DIFFERENCES IN NEGATIVE T WAVES IN RIGHT PRECORDIAL LEADS BETWEEN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND WELLENS SYNDROME
The aim of this study is to estimate the possibility of using the differences of negative T waves in the right precordial leads for the differential diagnosis of the pulmonary thromboembolism (pulmonary embolism) and Wellens syndrome. We studied the first ECGs with T-wave inversion in leads V<sub>1</sub>-V<sub>3</sub> in 70 patients (38 patients with pulmonary embolism and 32 patients with Wellens syndrome). The ratio of the magnitude of negative T wave in the lead V<sub>t</sub> to the magnitude of negative T wave in the lead V<sub>3</sub> (T<sub>V1</sub>/T<sub>V3</sub>) was more than 0.5 in all patients with pulmonary embolism and in only one (4.5%) patient with Wellens syndrome. So, this criterion T<sub>V1</sub>/T<sub>V3</sub> >0.5 may by useful for the differential diagnosis of these diseases.