[Current applications of electrocardiogram in pre-excitation syndromes]. 2004

Pedro Iturralde Torres
Departamento de Electrofisiología Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1 Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080 México, D.F.

Initial electrophysiologic assessment and radiofrequency ablation can be abbreviated when accurate localization of the accessory pathway is available before the procedure. Several criteria have been previously proposed for localization of accessory pathways from the surface electrocardiogram. Rosenbaum classified ECG of patients with preexcitation but did not include septal connections. Gallagher based their analysis on surgical ablation identified 10 locations around the tricuspid and mitral valve and the septum. The thoracic cycle electrocardiogram identified correctly the preexcitation location and its very useful for the differential diagnosis between right on left pathway, particularly in the posterior septal region. We also chose leads III, V1 and V2 to analyze the frontal and horizontal planes of the heart activation and we could easily identify the sites of right and left preexcitation. With our algorithm, we were able to correctly identify the location of the accessory pathway in 88% of the patients, with a high success rate of the radiofrequency ablation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011226 Pre-Excitation Syndromes A group of conditions in which HEART VENTRICLE activation by the atrial impulse is faster than the normal impulse conduction from the SINOATRIAL NODE. In these pre-excitation syndromes, atrial impulses often bypass the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE delay and travel via ACCESSORY CONDUCTING PATHWAYS connecting the atrium directly to the BUNDLE OF HIS. Preexcitation Syndrome,Pre Excitation Syndromes,Pre-Excitation Syndrome,Preexcitation Syndromes
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014927 Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome A form of ventricular pre-excitation characterized by a short PR interval and a long QRS interval with a delta wave. In this syndrome, atrial impulses are abnormally conducted to the HEART VENTRICLES via an ACCESSORY CONDUCTING PATHWAY that is located between the wall of the right or left atria and the ventricles, also known as a BUNDLE OF KENT. The inherited form can be caused by mutation of PRKAG2 gene encoding a gamma-2 regulatory subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase. WPW Syndrome,Anomalous Ventricular Excitation Syndrome,Auriculoventricular Accessory Pathway Syndrome,False Bundle-Branch Block Syndrome,Ventricular Pre-Excitation with Arrhythmia,Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome,Syndrome, WPW,Syndrome, Wolf-Parkinson-White,Syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White,Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome,Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome

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