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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Epidemiology and Demographics

The syndrome is present in 16% of patients in the orginal description [1] and in 14% of patients at presentation in a prospective study and in 60% of patients within the first 24 hours.[2]

References

  1. de Zwaan, C (1982). "Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction". American Heart Journal. 103 (4): 730–736. doi:10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-X. PMID 6121481. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)
  2. de Zwaan, C (1989). "Angiographic and clinical characteristics of patients with unstable angina showing an ECG pattern indicating critical narrowing of the proximal LAD coronary artery". American Heart Journal. 117 (3): 657–665. doi:10.1016/0002-8703(89)90742-4. PMID 2784024. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)