title: Near miss sudden death in an infant with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
abstract: A 6 month old infant with known Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome presented with an out of hospital cardiac arrest. An electrocardiogram in the emergency department demonstrated atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response. The child subsequently was resuscitated and underwent successful interruption of an accessory connection after failing medical therapy. This case underlines the need to reassess the indications for invasive electrophysiologic testing in young children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Goldbach
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Guiraudon
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology