Hein Wellens
Henrick Joan Joost (Hein) Wellens (1935-2020) was a Dutch cardiologist.
One of the founding fathers of the clinical cardiac electrophysiology
Described the mechanism of reentry tachycardia, including Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome
Eponymously affiliated with Wellens syndrome in 1982
Biography
- Born 13 November 1935 The Hague, Netherlands
- Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, University of Maastricht
Medical Eponyms
- Wellens syndrome (1982) ECG pattern of deeply inverted or biphasic T waves in V2-3, which is highly specific for a critical stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD).
Major Publications
- de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ. Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. [Wellens syndrome]
References
- Smeets J et al. Professor Hein Wellens: 33 Years of Cardiology and Arrhythmology. Springer. 2012
- Wellens HJ. Cardiology: where to go from here? Lancet. 1999 Dec;354 Suppl:SIV8. [PMID 10691483]
- Lüderitz B. Profiles in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology. Wiley-Blackwell. 2005. pp108, 166
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