title: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: a single exercise stress test might be misleading.
abstract: Risk stratification of patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome for sudden death is a complex process, particularly in understanding the utility of the repeat exercise stress test. We report a case of an 18-year-old patient who was found to have a high-risk pathway by both invasive and exercise stress testing after an initial exercise stress test showing beat-to-beat loss of pre-excitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology,New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital,Columbia University Medical Center, New York,New York,United States of America.
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salavitabar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology,New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital,Columbia University Medical Center, New York,New York,United States of America.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology,New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital,Columbia University Medical Center, New York,New York,United States of America.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liberman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Wolff–Parkinson–White; exercise stress test; pre-excitation