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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 101, 998-1003, Copyright © 1991 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Operations for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

MA Hood, WM Smith, MC Robinson, N Ashton, S Withy, N Burke and A Barber
Department of Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Forty-six patients with symptomatic tachycardia underwent operations to divide 55 atrioventricular accessory pathways. Mean age was 29 years (range 11 to 63). Ten patients (22%) had associated cardiac disease, including two with a congenital diverticulum of the coronary sinus and six (13%) who had concomitant surgical procedures. A bipolar hand-held electrode was used in 22 operations, and simultaneous multisite mapping in the last 24 operations. Ten patients (22%) had multiple accessory pathways. A modified endocardial approach was used. The overall patient success rate was 93% with 91% to 93% of accessory pathways successfully divided. The perioperative morbidity was 17%. There were two reoperations. There were no early or late deaths. Patients have been followed up for a mean of 16 months. There were five recurrences of preexcitation (two early, three late). Two of these patients (both with a congenital diverticulum of the coronary sinus) had reoperation. One patient had late recurrence of atrial fibrillation. Operation for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome has a high probability of success with a low operative risk.

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