TITLE:
The Use of Trans-Esophageal Electrophysiology Study to Identify a High Risk Asymptomatic Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome Patient
AUTHORS:
Manoj Gupta, Walter Hoyt, Christopher S. Snyder
KEYWORDS:
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Risk Assessment
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.4 No.3,
September
11,
2014
ABSTRACT: Patients with a
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern on their ECG can experience symptoms such
as syncope, palpitations, supraventricular tachycardia, and atrial
fibrillation, or they can be asymptomatic (aWPW). All patients with WPW,
regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms, are at risk of sudden death.
Therefore, it is recommended that younger patients with WPW undergo studies to
determine their risk. We report a previously asymptomatic WPW patient
identified as high risk for sudden death due torapid conduction down her accessory
pathway during atrial fibrillation induced during a trans-esophageal
electrophysiology study.