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The predictive value of electrophysiologic studies in untreated patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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Beckman, Karen J., Gallastegui, Jose L., Bauman, Jerry L., Hariman, Robert J.·1990·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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The ability of invasive electrophysiologic studies to predict future arrhythmic events in patients with minimally symptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is not known. To assess this ability, 42 patients with evidence of atrioventricular (AV) pre-excitation on the surface electrocardiogram underwent electrophysiologic studies and were then followed up as outpatients taking no medications. The patients were classified into three groups on the basis of prestudy symptoms: group I, 15 asymptomatic patients; group II, 10 patients with infrequent symptoms but no documented arrhythmias; and group III, 17 patients with one documented episode of supraventricular tachycardia or atrial fibrillation, or both. At electrophysiologic study, the number of patients with short anterograde accessory pathway effective refractory periods and rapid ventricular responses during induced atrial fibrillation did not differ statistically among the three groups. During a mean follow-up period of 7.5 +/- 4.9 years, 11 of the 42 patients had documented arrhythmias: 2 patients from group II and 2 patients from group III had supraventricular tachycardia and 7 patients from group III had atrial fibrillation. All nine patients from group III with subsequent arrhythmias had had clinical atrial fibrillation before study. No patient from group I had an arrhythmia during follow-up. There were no episodes of ventricular fibrillation or sudden cardiac death during follow-up in any of the patients. The only predischarge variables that correlated with the subsequent occurrence of arrhythmias were a history of documented arrhythmias before electrophysiologic study (p less than 0.01) and inducible supraventricular tachycardia at electrophysiologic study (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Authors
Beckman, K. J., Gallastegui, J. L., Bauman, J. L., & Hariman, R. J.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Beckman, Karen J.
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-03
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
640-647
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2071247280
Cited by
56
References
28
Citations by year
2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 6
FWCI
2.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
Keywords
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, electrophysiological study, arrhythmia prediction, supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, sudden cardiac death, asymptomatic patients, risk stratification, screening
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Electrophysiology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Tachycardia, Supraventricular, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Incidence

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