title: [Atrioventricular and ventriculoatrial conduction in patients operated on for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome].
abstract: Over the last decade the surgical treatment of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome has been well accepted. It is important to make an early diagnosis for surgical success. For this purpose we utilized programmed electrical stimulation to assess the functional characteristics of atrioventricular and ventriculoatrial conduction in our post-operative patients. In 55% of the cases we found accelerated nodal conduction. Programmed electrical stimulation correctly identified 90% of successfully treated patients. We did not found any false positive curve, therefore, this method has a high specificity. We concluded that in post-operative patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: 1- There is a high incidence of accelerated nodal conduction and 2- programmed electrical stimulation can correctly identify most of the patients who were successfully treated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Electrocardiografía y Electrofisiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Colín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dorado
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iturralde
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kershenovich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Micheli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barragán
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: González-Hermosillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Estudio de la conducción atrio-ventricular y ventrículo-atrial en pacientes operados por síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White.