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Surgical treatment of tachyarrhythmias in patients with both an Ebstein anomaly and a Kent bundle.
- Source :
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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery [J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg] 1978 Jun; Vol. 75 (6), pp. 847-53. - Publication Year :
- 1978
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Abstract
- The report relates experience with six patients with Kent bundles, five of whom had the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, operated upon for tachyarrhythmias caused by the presence of the pathway. It was successfully divided in four patients, its antegrade conduction capacity interrupted in one, and a failure occurred in the sixth patient. In the three patients who had a Kent bundle with a short effective refractory period for antegrade conduction, the life-endangering potential of the Kent pathway was corrected. To emphasize the complexities of the tachyarrhythmias in Ebstein's anomaly, two patients have mild but controllable postoperative supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (SVT) due to a Mahaim pathway. The surgical problems encountered in these patients are reviewed.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-5223
- Volume :
- 75
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 661355