Surgical treatment of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: a timeless procedure?
Catheter-induced radiofrequency (RF) ablation has become the initial non-pharmacological treatment option for Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. In this report, we present the successful surgical treatment of WPW syndrome in two patients in whom percutaneous ablation of the accessory pathway was not successful.
Bakir
Ihsan
I
O.L.V. Hospital, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, Aalst, Belgium. ihsanbak@yahoo.com
Guiraudon
Gerard M
GM
Wellens
Francis
F
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*