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- Title
Latent complete atrioventricular block in a patient with Wolff--Parkinson--White syndrome and fast paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
- Authors
Michałkiewicz, Dariusz; Przychodzeń, Sebastian; Oleszczak-Kostyra, Małgorzata; Osiecki, Andrzej; Kochman, Wacław
- Abstract
The Wolff--Parkinson--White (WPW) syndrome is very rarely complicated with a complete atrioventricular block (AVB). In this case, the ventricle is activated entirely through the accessory pathway and the QRS complex is wide and exhibits maximum pre-excitation features. This case report describes a history of a 68 years old male with symptomatic WPW syndrome, episodes of rapid atrial fibrillation and complete atrioventricular block. Complete heart block in WPW syndrome should be suspected in the presence of a very wide, torn QRS, PJ interval > 0.27 s and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation without atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia episodes.
- Subjects
ATRIOVENTRICULAR node; ATRIAL fibrillation; WOLFF-Parkinson-White syndrome; HEART block; TACHYCARDIA diagnosis
- Publication
Folia Cardiologica, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
2353-7752
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5603/FC.a2023.0006