The syndrome of Wolff-Parkinson-White

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THE SYNDROME OF WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE

- Definition
- The Symptoms
- How to make the diagnosis?
- Treatment

TREATMENT

When the electrophysiological exploration shows that the accessory way is not too permeable (therefore not leading too quickly from the atrium toward the ventricle or vice-versa), no treatment is instituted. Physicians treat the crises solely by drugs administered by i.v. or orally.

On the other hand, if the tachycardia can degenerate and be fatal, an ablation of the accessory way by a radio frequency method is necessary.

Positioning of the electric probes in the heart: ablation of a left Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Positioning of the electric probes in the heart: ablation of a left
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The ablation probe is in the left ventricle.

A heating given out by a radiofrequency current destroys the cardiac accessory way (“nerve”) responsible for the tachycardia. Sometimes, electro-fulguration is still used nowadays.

The efficiency of this method is bordering 90%.

File last reviewed on dec 18, 2011

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