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[Surgical treatment of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (author's transl)]. 1979

W C Sealy

This report relates the surgical experience with 75 patients with WPW. The patients' symptoms were either SVT alone or SVT associated with a pathway with a lethal potential. In some, the Kent pathway caused SVT but did not cause cause pre-excitation. In others, multiple pathways were found. Success has been achieved in 35 of the last 36 patients with freewall pathways treated by surgery. Problems still remain with the posterior septal group. The indications for operation have been broadened to include all patients with significant symptoms.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006329	Heart Conduction System	An impulse-conducting system composed of modified cardiac muscle, having the power of spontaneous rhythmicity and conduction more highly developed than the rest of the heart.	Conduction System, Heart,Conduction Systems, Heart,Heart Conduction Systems,System, Heart Conduction,Systems, Heart Conduction
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013610	Tachycardia	Abnormally rapid heartbeat, usually with a HEART RATE above 100 beats per minute for adults. Tachycardia accompanied by disturbance in the cardiac depolarization (cardiac arrhythmia) is called tachyarrhythmia.	Tachyarrhythmia,Tachyarrhythmias,Tachycardias
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