title: Surgical treatment of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: a timeless procedure?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: O.L.V. Hospital, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, Aalst, Belgium. ihsanbak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: Gerard M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Guiraudon
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wellens
mesh_terms: 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*