Risk of sudden death in wolff-parkinson-white syndrome: How high is the risk?

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-660

  Obeyesekere, Manoj ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Leong Sit, Peter ^a   Klein, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; death, sudden; electrophysiology test; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 84856854927     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.085159     Document Type: Editorial

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