title: A suddenly lethal accessory pathway.
abstract: A 17-year-old girl was diagnosed with an asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern just before a major orthopedic operation. Three months after the surgery, she developed ventricular fibrillation-being the first manifestation of her Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The patient was successfully reanimated. radiofrequency ablation permanently interrupted conduction over a right posteroseptal accessory pathway.
authors.affiliation: Maxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. l.theunissen@mmc.nl
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Theunissen
authors.forename: Luz-Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timmermans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*