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Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome who have increased atrial vulnerability and a fast-conducting accessory pathway are at high risk of developing atrial fibrillation that can degenerate into fatal ventricular fibrillation.
Increased atrial vulnerability in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome plays a critical role in the development of atrial fibrillation and subsequent risk of sudden cardiac death.
third of the patients with WPW syndrome. The AF in patients with this syndrome is associated with faster rates of the reciprocal tachycardia, with shorter effective refractory periods of the accessory pathway, slower intra-atrial conduction times, structural heart disease and advancing age. 24 Patients with manifest pre-excitation that have spontaneous episodes of AF present a greater incidence of induction of AF by programmed atrial stimulation.
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A 2016 study conducted an editorial in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation. Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome who have increased atrial vulnerability and a fast-conducting accessory pathway are at high risk of developing atrial fibrillation that can degenerate into fatal ventricular fibrillation.
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