Surgical treatment of the WPW-syndrome--experience in 30 initial cases.
Between May 1980 and February 1985, 30 patients were operated upon at Sahlgren's Hospital for life-threatening or disabling arrhythmias, caused by Kent's bundles. Two surgical methods were used. The outcome of surgery was fully satisfactory in 19 patients, whereas 4 patients continued to have arrhythmias after surgery. Six patients had a modified delta-wave in the ECG after surgery, but their arrhythmias could be controlled by antiarrhythmic medication. One patient died after surgery due to an undiagnosed cerebral tumor. There were 2 late deaths, between 6 and 12 months postoperatively; neither of these was caused by arrhythmias.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003452:Cryosurgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*