Clinical Approach to Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Ventricular Pre-excitation

Fabio M Leonelli; Roberto De Ponti; Giuseppe Bagliani

doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2020.08.004

Clinical Approach to Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Ventricular Pre-excitation

Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2020 Dec;12(4):527-539. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2020.08.004.

Authors

Fabio M Leonelli¹, Roberto De Ponti², Giuseppe Bagliani³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, 13000 Bruce B Down Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. Electronic address: Fabio.leonelli@va.gov.
² Department of Heart and Vessels, Ospedale di Circolo - University of Insubria, Viale Borri, 57, Varese 21100, Italy.
³ Arrhythmology Unit, Cardiology Department, Foligno General Hospital, Via Massimo Arcamone, Foligno, Perugia 06034, Italy; Cardiovascular Disease Department, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini 1, Perugia 06129, Italy.

PMID: 33162001
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2020.08.004

Abstract

Despite extensive knowledge of the physiopathology of ventricular pre-excitation, management of asymptomatic patients with this condition remains controversial.

Keywords: Asymptomatic; Electrophysiology study; Radiofrequency ablation; Sudden cardiac death; Transesophageal stimulation; Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Asymptomatic Diseases*
Catheter Ablation
Death, Sudden, Cardiac*
Electrocardiography
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
Humans
Pre-Excitation Syndromes* / surgery