6,195 results match your criteria Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Heart Views 2018 Apr-Jun;19(2):58-62
Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
The combination of Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome and rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) is rare in clinical practice. The management of this condition primarily depends on the clinical picture. We describe a 26-year-old male patient with no significant previous medical history and who came for a routine medical assessment before entrance to a police academy service. Read More
HeartRhythm Case Rep 2018 Nov 4;4(11):519-522. Epub 2018 Aug 4.
Division of Pediatric Electrophysiology, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Florida.
Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 2019 01 1;11:102-108. Epub 2019 Jan 1.
Pediatric Nephrologist . Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañon. Madrid, Spain.
Autoantibodies to beta-1 adrenergic receptor have been reported in adult patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Removal of these antibodies has a positive hemodynamic effect. Our aim was to investigate whether these antibodies are present in children with DCM and explore the potential hemodynamic benefit of immunoadsorption (IA). Read More
J Atr Fibrillation 2018 Jun-Jul;11(1):2054. Epub 2018 Jun 30.
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A 43-year-old man presented after ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest with evidence of pre-excited atrial fibrillation. Electrophysiology study with guideline-directed testing demonstrated a low risk accessory pathway effective refractory period, which became high-risk with isoproterenol infusion. This case represents a challenging scenario wherein a high-risk pathway may be misclassified using the currently indicated methods of risk stratification. Read More
Eur Heart J 2018 Nov 17. Epub 2018 Nov 17.
Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.
Aims: Catheter ablation is considered the treatment of choice for many tachyarrhythmias, but convincing 'real-world' data on efficacy and safety are lacking. Using Swedish national registry data, the ablation spectrum, procedural characteristics, as well as ablation efficacy and reported adverse events are reported.
Methods And Results: Consecutive patients (≥18 years of age) undergoing catheter ablation in Sweden between 01 January 2006 and 31 December 2015 were included in the study. Read More
Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J 2018 Nov 7. Epub 2018 Nov 7.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Hospital São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Introduction: Posteroseptal accessory pathways account for 34.5% of the total. Of these, 36% are located within the coronary sinus (CS). Read More
Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care 2018 Oct;25(2):131-147
Department of Anaesthesiology, 401 Military Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Patients with pre-excitation abnormalities are at a high risk for life-threatening perioperative arrhythmias. In Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, the anaesthetics used for invasive diagnostic testing/ablation, should not affect cardiac electrophysiology; propofol, sevoflurane, fentanyl, sufentanil, alfentanil are suitable. In non-ablative surgery, propofol, sevoflurane, isoflurane, fentanyl, alfentanil, sufentanil have been used safely. Read More
Singapore Med J 2018 10;59(10):558-559
Klinik Malaysia, Kluang, Johor, Malaysia.
Tex Heart Inst J 2018 08 1;45(4):205-213. Epub 2018 Aug 1.
Improving preparticipation screening of candidates for sports necessitates establishing the prevalence of high-risk cardiovascular conditions (hr-CVC) that predispose young people to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Our accurate, novel protocol chiefly involved the use of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) to estimate this prevalence. Middle and high school students from a general United States population were screened by means of questionnaires, resting electrocardiograms, and CMR to determine the prevalence of 3 types of hr-CVC: electrocardiographic abnormalities, cardiomyopathies, and anomalous coronary artery origin from the opposite sinus with intramural coronary course (ACAOS-IM). Read More
ARYA Atheroscler 2018 May;14(3):139-141
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Trans-septal puncture (TSP) is a safe and effective method to approach left atrium and ventricle. Nowadays, cardiac electrophysiologists perform this procedure routinely to treat left-sided arrhythmias.
Case Report: A 45-year-old man was referred to our center due to Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. Read More
J Geriatr Cardiol 2018 Sep;15(9):605-608
Department of Cardiology, No. 37 Hospital of PLA, Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018 Oct;4(10):1377-1378
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Research Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Humanitas Research and University Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy.
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018 Oct 25;4(10):1271-1288. Epub 2018 Jul 25.
Cardiac Electrophysiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address:
Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve is a relatively rare form of congenital heart disease that has long been a challenge to electrophysiologists and cardiac surgeons. In addition to the hemodynamic burden of the actual valve defect, Ebstein's patients must also contend with an extraordinarily high incidence of tachyarrhythmias, most of which can be attributed to accessory atrioventricular pathways (APs) located along the posterior and septal border of the tricuspid valve where the valve leaflets are most abnormal. It is the only congenital heart defect with such a dramatic predisposition toward APs. Read More
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2018 Jan-Dec;6:2324709618802870. Epub 2018 Sep 28.
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
A 24-year-old man with history of unspecified arrhythmia presented with palpitations and chest pain. Initial electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed irregular tachycardia with varying QRS width: 150 to 200 beats per minute for narrow complexes and 300 beats per minute for wide complexes. Following cardioversion, ECG revealed sinus tachycardia with a preexcitation pattern of positive delta waves in the anterolateral leads and negative delta waves in inferior leads. Read More
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2018 Sep 25. Epub 2018 Sep 25.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Introduction: The objective of the current study was to elucidate the effects of the accessory pathways (APs) on the left ventricular (LV) wall motion and radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) on AP-related regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA) in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
Methods And Results: We included 348 consecutive patients (age, 37.6 ± 17. Read More
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 2018 10;46(6):488-493
Department of Cardiology, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
A 31-year-old male patient presented with complaints of palpitations, dizziness, and recurrent episodes of syncope. A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed manifest ventricular preexcitation, which suggested Wolff Parkinson White syndrome. In addition, an incomplete right bundle branch block and a 3-mm ST segment elevation ending with inverted T-waves in V2 were consistent with coved-type (type 1) Brugada pattern. Read More
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 2018 09;46(6):433-434
Department of Cardiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
Pediatr Cardiol 2018 Sep 10. Epub 2018 Sep 10.
Department for Pediatric Cardiology, University of Leipzig - Heart Center, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
Ablation of accessory pathways (AP) is one of the most often performed procedures in pediatric electrophysiology. In pediatric patients these procedures are mostly performed in anaesthesia or sedation. In some of these patients who are referred for electrophysiologic (EP) study, we could observe disappearance of the preexcitation, i. Read More
Am J Cardiol 2018 Nov 3;122(9):1546-1550. Epub 2018 Aug 3.
Department of Special Medical Treatment Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:
To assess the mid-term mortality and risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, 40 patients with HC and WPW were enrolled in our center between 2010 and 2017. An age- and gender-matched comparison cohort of patients with HC without WPW (n = 160) was generated from the same center. The clinical profile and outcomes were assessed. Read More
Turk J Emerg Med 2018 Sep 13;18(3):131-133. Epub 2018 Apr 13.
Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common type of reentrant paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia that occurs in the presence of dual AV nodal physiology. Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is another type of supraventricular tachycardia characterized by short PR intervals, delta waves and wide QRS complexes on the surface electrocardiogram (ECG), reflecting atrioventricular pre-excitation. Uncommonly, AV nodal reentry and accessory pathways can coexist. Read More
J Electrocardiol 2018 Sep - Oct;51(5):792-797. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
Cardiology, CHU, Nancy, France.
Background: Due to high rates of ablation at the time of diagnostic EP study, follow-up of the natural history of untreated pre-excitation syndrome has become difficult. We present patients in which such data is available and study the effect of initial age on the evolution.
Methods: In this retrospective review, 126 patients, 47 aged ≤19 years, 79 aged more than>19 underwent 2 similar electrophysiological studies (EPS) within 1 to 25 years of one another (8. Read More
Indian J Anaesth 2018 Aug;62(8):641-643
Department of Anaesthesia, Seth GSMC, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Intern Med 2018 Aug 24. Epub 2018 Aug 24.
Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
We herein report a case of a 53-year-old man who survived cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). When admitted to the hospital, his 12-lead electrocardiogram did not show Brugada-like ST elevation, early repolarization or delta-wave, in any leads. During the treatment of hypothermia, the manifestation of delta-wave was documented, which disappeared after the cessation of this treatment. Read More
Congenit Heart Dis 2018 Sep 21;13(5):671-677. Epub 2018 Aug 21.
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Pediatrics I/III, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Objective: In general, a mitochondrial disorder is diagnosed on the basis of symptom combinations and confirmed by genetic findings. However, patients carrying the m.3243A>G mutation in the mitochondrial tRNA leucine 1 (MT-TL1) do not always meet all the proposed criteria for the most frequently encountered mitochondrial syndrome "MELAS," an acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and at least one Stroke-like episode. Read More
Herz 2018 Aug 20. Epub 2018 Aug 20.
Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar and Genomics Platform, Tunis, Tunisia.
Objectives: Little is known about cardiac involvement in m.3243A>G variant carriers. Thus, this study aimed to assess type and frequency of cardiac disease in symptomatic and asymptomatic m. Read More
Cardiovasc Pathol 2018 Nov - Dec;37:1-4. Epub 2018 Jul 27.
Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Myocardial bundles working as accessory pathways in Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome are generally tiny tissues, so elucidating the culprit histology of atrioventricular (AV) myocardial connections requires careful serial sectioning of the AV junction. We performed a postmortem examination of accessory AV myocardial connections in an 84-year-old man who died from pneumonia 20 years after surgical cryoablation for WPW syndrome. Three-dimensional reconstruction images of serial histologic sections revealed accessory AV connections between the atrial and ventricular myocardium in the vicinity of the cryoablation scar. Read More
Am J Med 2018 Dec 11;131(12):1456-1459. Epub 2018 Aug 11.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California (Davis) Medical Center, Sacramento.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2018 Nov 12;29(11):1581-1583. Epub 2018 Sep 12.
Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, St. Vincent Medical Group, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2018 Oct 31;31(10):1146-1150. Epub 2018 Jul 31.
Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.
Background: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in children. Infants with SVT and ventricular preexcitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome) are known to have up to 30% prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD). Infants without ventricular preexcitation who present with SVT at <1 year of age have a similar prevalence of CHD. Read More
Cardiol Young 2018 Nov 2;28(11):1375-1377. Epub 2018 Aug 2.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Ankara Child Health and Diseases, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital,University of Health Sciences,Ankara,Turkey.
Steroids are used in the treatment of acute rheumatic fever with moderate-to-severe carditis. Corticosteroids have several cardiovascular side affects that are more common in adults than in children. Corticosteroid-related bradycardia is a rarely seen side effect. Read More
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018 Apr;4(4):456-458
Electrophysiology Program, Pennsylvania State University Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Penn State University College of Medicine, and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address:
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018 Apr;4(4):445-447
University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario, Canada.
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018 Apr 15;4(4):433-444. Epub 2017 Nov 15.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Objectives: This study sought to characterize risk in children with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome by comparing those who had experienced a life-threatening event (LTE) with a control population.
Background: Children with WPW syndrome are at risk of sudden death.
Methods: This retrospective multicenter pediatric study identified 912 subjects ≤21 years of age with WPW syndrome, using electrophysiology (EPS) studies. Read More
Dev Period Med 2018 ;22(2):179-186
Klinika Kardiologii i Reumatologii Dziecięcej II Katedra Pediatrii, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Polska.
Preexcitation syndromes are becoming a more often detected disease in the pediatric population. Their essential feature is the presence of additional paths / pathways in the heart, through which the impulse is conducted faster than physiologically. This leads to faster ventricular excitation and may lead to creating dangerous arrhythmias. Read More
Dev Period Med 2018 ;22(2):113-122
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Rheumatology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Introduction: Essentially, preexcitation syndrome is the presence of an accessory pathway in the heart, which can lead to serious consequences, ranging from atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia to sudden cardiac death. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is the most common preexcitation syndrome.
Aim Of The Study: The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical course of the disease, as well as the treatment of children and adolescents hospitalized in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology in the years 2008-2015. Read More
Cureus 2018 May 17;10(5):e2642. Epub 2018 May 17.
Cardiology Department, Charleston Area Medical Center/west Virginia University.
Orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) is the second-most-common form of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and is inducible in approximately 55% of individuals with Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) syndrome. Antidromic AVRT, where the accessory atrioventricular connection is used as the antegrade limb and the atrioventricular node serves as the retrograde limb of the circuit, has been clinically documented in less than 5% of patients with WPW syndrome and may be induced in less than 10% of these WPW cases in the electrophysiology laboratory. Left lateral pathways are considered more frequent and septal locations are less common when associated with antidromic AVRT. Read More
Heart Rhythm 2018 Jul 19. Epub 2018 Jul 19.
Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background: Right-sided accessory pathway (RAP) ablation is sometimes challenging.
Objective: Our study aimed to demonstrate an alternative ablation approach to RAPs under the tricuspid valve, especially when the conventional ablation attempts at the atrial side failed.
Methods: Twelve patients with RAPs were enrolled, 8 of whom had previously failed ablation. Read More
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2018 Oct 16;53(1):73-79. Epub 2018 Jul 16.
Adana Health Practice and Research Center, Cardiology Department, Health Sciences University, 01000, Adana, Turkey.
Purpose: Our aim was to investigate the relation between delta wave notching time (DwNt) and accessory pathway location in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
Methods: The retrospective study included 149 WPW patients who underwent ablation therapy. DwNt was defined as the duration between the initial point of QRS and the notching in the delta wave. Read More
Cleve Clin J Med 2018 Jul;85(7):507-509
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
Cardiol Young 2018 Sep 13;28(9):1099-1105. Epub 2018 Jul 13.
1Coronary Anomalies Program,Texas Children's Hospital,Houston,TX,USA.
Background: Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest/death in young athletes in the United States of America. Limited data are available regarding family history in this patient population.
Methods: Patients were evaluated prospectively from 12/2012 to 02/2017 in the Coronary Anomalies Program at Texas Children's Hospital. Read More
J Electrocardiol 2018 Jul - Aug;51(4):663-666. Epub 2018 Apr 12.
Health Science University, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Electrophysiology, Ankara, Turkey.
Ebstein's anomaly is often accompanied by either Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome or atriofascicular Mahaim. These bypass tracts give rise to antidromic atrioventricular (AV) re-entrant tachycardias, in which the bypass tract serves as the anterograde limb of the circuit and the AV node as the retrograde limb of the reentrant circuit. Since the antidromic AV reentrant tachycardia over a Mahaim fibre has a typically left bundle braunch block (LBBB) morphology, it is easy to make a misdiagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia with functional LBBB or even of ventricular tachycardia particularly in the presence of negative concordance. Read More
J Atr Fibrillation 2018 Apr 30;10(6):1824. Epub 2018 Apr 30.
Boston Scientific, France.
While ablation of accessory pathways is usually performed without 3D mapping system, we present a case where high-density mapping helps in illustrating the anatomical features of epicardial and oblique AP connections. Read More
Int J Cardiol 2018 Dec 12;272:202-207. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
Cardiology Division, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy. Electronic address:
Background: Transcatheter ablation is the most effective treatment for patients with symptomatic or high-risk accessory pathways (AP). At present, no clear recommendations have been issued on the optimal approach for left sided AP ablation. We performed this meta-analysis to compare the safety and efficacy of transaortic retrograde versus transseptal approach for left sided AP ablation. Read More
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2018 09 16;41(9):1078-1092. Epub 2018 Jul 16.
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA.
Background: Atrial arrhythmias, particularly atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, can coexist with drug-induced type 1 Brugada electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern (DI-Type1-BrP). The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of DI-Type1-BrP in patients with atrioventricular accessory pathways (AV-APs) and to investigate the clinical, electrocardiographic, electrophysiologic, and genetic characteristics of these patients.
Methods: One-hundred twenty-four consecutive cases of AV-APs and 84 controls underwent an ajmaline challenge test to unmask DI-Type1-BrP. Read More
J Arrhythm 2018 Jun 11;34(3):312-314. Epub 2018 Apr 11.
Department of Cardiology The Prince Charles Hospital Brisbane QLD Australia.
Concealed accessory pathways (APs) are considered benign as they can only sustain orthodromic atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia (ORT). We describe a unique case of a concealed posteroseptal AP where longitudinal surveillance following repeated failed ablation attempts due to abnormal coronary sinus (CS) anatomy revealed spontaneous development of manifest pre-excitation. The pathway was ultimately ablated via the percutaneous epicardial approach. Read More
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2018 Jun 22. Epub 2018 Jun 22.
Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
A 23-year-old man, diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and who had undergone several catheter ablations, presented 2 months after the most recent ablation with cardiac tamponade following physical exertion. Emergency surgery revealed a perforation between the inferior vena cava and the right atrium. This perforation was repaired with a bovine pericardium patch. Read More
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2018 Jun;4(6):842-843
Cardiovascular Center, Clinic im Park, Zurich, Switzerland.
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Jun;97(25):e11044
Department of Cardiology.
Several studies have reported the efficacy of a zero-fluoroscopy approach for catheter radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmias in a digital subtraction angiography (DSA) room. However, no reports are available on the ablation of arrhythmias in the absence of DSA in the operating room. To investigate the efficacy and safety of catheter radiofrequency ablation for arrhythmias under the guidance of a Carto 3 three-dimensional (3D) mapping system in an operating room without DSA. Read More
Am J Case Rep 2018 Jun 13;19:685-688. Epub 2018 Jun 13.
Gill Heart Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
BACKGROUND Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern is due to a pre-excitation leading to characteristic ECG changes in sinus rhythm as short PR interval, the presence of delta waves, wide QRS complexes, and potentially Q wave-T wave vector discordance (pseudo-infarct pattern). These later changes can mask the underlying ECG depolarizing solely through the His-Purkinje system. Our case highlights how the ECG of a WPW pattern with a pseudo-infarct pattern can in fact mask a true infarct on the underlying ECG without pre-excitation. Read More