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2152230

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
We followed 25 patients operated on for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome between August 1985 and October 1989. Their mean age was 37 +/- 12 years and arrhythmia had been present for 5 to 30 years. A mean of 3.3 +/- 1.2 antiarrhythmic agents had failed in controlling recurrences. Tachycardia was orthodromic in 21 patients and antidromic in 1, while 3 patients presented rapid atrial fibrillation with hemodynamic deterioration. Drug refractoriness (n = 23) or intolerance (n = 2) were the main surgical indications. The location of accessory pathways was lateral in 19 patients, anteroseptal in 3, posteroseptal in 2, postero lateral in 1 and right lateral in 1 patient. One patient had a double pathway. There was no surgical mortality. After a follow-up period ranging from 1 to 50 months recurrence of arrhythmia was observed in one patient and electrophysiologic evaluation showed persistence of a left lateral pathway in another. The remaining 24 patients are free of symptoms at the end of follow up. Thus, surgical treatment is a curative therapy for most patients with WPW.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0034-9887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
868-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: late results of surgical treatment].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Enfermedades Cadiovasculares, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract