[Atrial fibrillation in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome].
The authors describe the main etiopathogenic factors and clinical importance of atrial fibrillation and analyse the results of catheter ablation of atrioventricular accessory pathways in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Atrial vulnerability is the principal mechanism and radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular accessory pathways seems to be useless to prevent atrial fibrillation.
Antunes
E
E
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa.
Rasteiro
R
R
Martins
S
S
Oliveira
M
M
Oliveira
E
E
Menezes
M
M
Cacela
D
D
Soares
R M
RM
da Silva
N
N
Gracias
R
R
Antunes
A M
AM
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications*