Copyright © 1992 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1992 The European Society of Cardiology
Transoesophageal electrophysiological evaluation of paediatric patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
*Paediatric Cardiology Service, Department of Cardiology ‘De Gasperis’, Niguarda Hospital Milan, Italy
Electrophysiological Service, Department of Cardiology ‘De Gasperis’, Niguarda Hospital Milan, Italy
Received 8 October 1990; accepted 8 October 1990.
Correspondence Dr Gabriele Vignati. Via Pacini. 34,20133 Milano. Italy
Abstract
Forty-one consecutive children with the Wolff-Parkison- White (1–15 years: mean 8 years), 22 symptomatic [including 20 with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and one with ventricular fibrillation (VF) episode-Group A) and 19 asymptomatic (Group B)], underwent transoesophageal electrophysiological examination. The mean anterograde effective refractory period of the anomalous connection (AERPAC) was 249 ± 34 ms with no significant dfference between the two groups. However, values of <220 ms were more frequently observed in Group A than in Group B (23% vs 11% Pns). The effective atrial refractory period was significantly shorter m Group A (183 ± 34 ms) than in Group B (220 ± 24 ms) (P < 0.02). The refractory period of the AV node was 205 ± 41 ms in Group A and 244 ± 63 ms in Group B. Orthodromic SVT was induced exclusively in 75% of Group A patients. A trial fibrillation (AF) was induced in a total of 46% of patients (45% of Group A, 47% of Group B) and was considered easily induced in 37%. The minimum RR interval between pre-excited beats was significantly shorter in Group A (221 ± 23 ms) than in Group B (321 ± 143 ms) (P < 0.04). Four of the patients in whom AF was easily inducible had an RR interval <250 ms; three were symptomatic (one with VF). While the AERPAC is generally short in children, and atrial vulnerability generally slight, 9% of children with a short AERPAC had high atrial vulnerability, thus placing them at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias.
Key Words: Wolff-Parkinson-White • paediatric transoesophageal electrophysiological examination
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