[Overlooked Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome].
An autopsy in a 28-year-old man did not explain the cause of sudden unexpected death. However, a history of episodes with tachycardia and dizziness and a reassessed previous electrocardiogram exhibiting ventricular pre-excitation was consistent with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. In this patient we believe that the occurrence of atrial fibrillation caused sudden cardiac death from ventricular fibrillation due to a short refractory period of an accessory atrioventricular pathway and a very rapid ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation.
Nielsen
Trine Skov
TS
Aarhus Universitet, Retsmedicinsk Institut, Arhus, Denmark. skovtrine@hotmail.com
Dalager
Søren
S
Larsen
Maiken Kudahl
MK
Jensen
Henrik Kjaerulf
HK
Lundemose
Jytte Banner
JB
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*