Why the study?
Surgical correction of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with intractable atrial fibrillation and its histological outcomes were not well documented.
Does surgical division of the bundle of Kent abolish pre-excitation and tachyarrhythmias in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
Case Report (n=1)
Does surgical division of the bundle of Kent abolish pre-excitation and tachyarrhythmias in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
Surgical division of the bundle of Kent successfully abolished pre-excitation and tachyarrhythmias in a patient with WPW syndrome, as confirmed by clinical and histological data.
Suggests short-term feasibility of surgical pathway division; leaves open durability and safety in pre-excitation syndromes.
A case of type B Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, with intractable atrial fibrillation, underwent surgical division of a right-sided accessory atrioventricular bundle of Kent. Pre-excitation and complicating tachyarrhythmias were henceforth abolished for 6 weeks, when the patient died of infective endocarditis. Histological examination showed a divided Kent's accessory atrioventricular pathway and apparently functionless James and Mahaim fibres.
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Rossi et al. (1978) conducted a case report in Type B Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with intractable atrial fibrillation (n=1). Surgical division of a right-sided accessory atrioventricular bundle of Kent was evaluated on Pre-excitation and complicating tachyarrhythmias.
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