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- Title
Mechanisms for the genesis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the Wolff Parkinson-White syndrome: intrinsic atrial muscle vulnerability vs. electrophysiological properties of the accessory pathway.
- Authors
Centurión, Osmar Antonio; Shimizu, Akihiko; Isomoto, Shojiro; Konoe, Atsushi
- Abstract
Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) develops in up to one-third of patients with the Wolff Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW). The reason for this high incidence of PAF in the WPW syndrome is not yet clearly understood. When PAF appears in patients with WPW syndrome who have anterograde conduction via the accessory pathway (AP), it may be life-threatening if an extremely rapid ventricular response develops degenerating into ventricular fibrillation.
- Publication
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 2008, Vol 10, Issue 3, p294
- ISSN
1532-2092
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/europace/eun031