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The syndrome was first described by Hein J. J. Wellens and colleagues in 1982 in a subgroup of patients with unstable angina.^[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)