title: [Value of transesophageal auricular stimulation for evaluating the accessory pathway and effect of treatment in Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome].
abstract: In order to assess the value of the various atrial pacing techniques employed to evaluate the anterograde conduction of the accessory pathway and the effect of antiarrhythmic agents in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, transesophageal atrial pacing was performed in 12 patients before and during treatment with oral flecainide acetate in doses of 200 mg per day. Before treatment, the shortest interval conducted with a 1/1 atrioventricular conduction by the accessory pathway ranged from 225 to 600 ms (mean 311 +/- 98 ms), and the effective refractory period of the accessory pathway, measured by the extrastimulus method in 11 patients, varied from 240 to 320 ms (mean 273 +/- 22 ms). These two values were very close in each patient and correlated well with each other (r = 0.90; p less than 0.001). Atrial fibrillation could be induced in 3 patients. Three patients were considered "at risk" since their effective refractory period or minimal R-R interval in atrial fibrillation was 250 ms or less. Tachycardia was induced in 8 patients, and it was possible to induce arrhythmias in the 6 patients for whom we had recordings in spontaneous tachycardia. Under treatment with flecainide acetate, an anterograde conduction block appeared in 3 patients. In the remaining 9 patients the shortest interval conducted with a 1/1 atrioventricular conduction by the accessory pathway was longer in every case: it ranged from 270 to 540 ms (mean 407 +/- 84 ms; p less than 0.001), which corresponded to a 20 to 240 ms prolongation (mean 133 +/- 78 ms).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, CHU de Hautepierre, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kieny
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kraenner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Facello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roul
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mossard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bareiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sacrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005424:Flecainide / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006325:Heart Atria; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D005424:Flecainide
vernacular_title: Intérêt de la stimulation auriculaire transoesophagienne pour évaluer la voie accessoire et l'effet du traitement dans le syndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White.