("ECG" OR " EKG") AND ("Wolff-Parkinson-White" OR "WPW")

The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of asymptomatic VPP among young athletes when the screening protocol includes both resting and exercise ECG and determine the role of stress ESG testing in the detection of VPP among asymptomatic athletes. We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective study of 15.187 young Georgian athletes from 12 to 25 who underwent cardiac preparticipation screening at the TSMU Clinical Center of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation from 2010 to 2019. From these 15187 subjects we analyzed rest and exercise ECGs of athletes referred to an electrophysiologist and identified 25 athletes among them with asymptomatic VPP...

A 63-year-old gentleman presented to the emergency room (ER) with complaints of sudden onset of palpitation for the last 1 hour. He denied any presyncope or syncope. He was tachycardic with pulse rate of 120 beats per minute. His blood pressure was 110/70 mm Hg. A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) was taken. What is the likely diagnosis?

BACKGROUND Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern is a rare congenital cardiac conduction disorder in which 1 or more accessory pathways connects the atria and ventricles, bypassing the atrioventricular (AV) node. Patients with this type of accessory pathway who also experience pre-excitation evoked arrhythmias have what is termed WPW syndrome. Here, we present a patient with a WPW pattern who underwent surgical resection of a pheochromocytoma, review considerations relating to the perioperative management, and briefly summarize the hormonal effects of pheochromocytoma in a patient with a WPW accessory pathway...

BACKGROUND: Predicting accessory pathway location is extremely important in pediatric patients. We designed a study to compare previously published algorithms by Arruda, Boersma and Chiang. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This multi-center study included patients who had undergone successful ablation of one accessory pathway. Analysis of resting 12-lead electrocardiograms was carried out. An aggregated prediction score was constructed on the basis of algorithm agreement, and a structured workflow approach was proposed...

PURPOSE: The correct estimation of accessory pathway (AP) localization from surface ECG is critical before the procedure. Our study aimed to detect the predictive value of the V1r + DIIq criterion for differentiating right- from left-sided paraseptal APs. METHODS: We retrospectively included 58 patients with (Wolff-Parkinson-White) WPW syndrome and paraseptal APs who underwent successful catheter ablation (37 male, 21 female; mean age 34.4 ± 13.6 years). The V1r + DIIq criterion was calculated using the following formula: V1r + DIIq (mV) = initial r wave amplitude in V1 + q wave amplitude in DII...

Background . Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is an uncommon cardiac disorder characterized by the presence of one or more accessory pathways that predispose patients to frequent episodes of arrhythmias. The prognosis is usually good, but there is a lifetime risk of malignant arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Case Summary . A 25-year-old male presented a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation rhythm. Due to rapid initiation of prehospital advanced life support, return of spontaneous circulation was observed...

BACKGROUND: Altered ventricular depolarization due to manifest accessory pathway conduction (ie, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome) leads to repolarization abnormalities that persist after pathway ablation. The term T-wave memory (TWM) has been applied to these changes, as the postablation T-wave vector "remembers" the pre-excited QRS vector. In adults, these abnormalities can be misinterpreted as ischemia leading to unnecessary interventions. To date, no comprehensive studies have evaluated this phenomenon in the pediatric population...

BACKGROUND: The digital health care field is expanding from the daily monitoring of chronic diseases to the detection of acute diseases, such as arrhythmia. Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, a congenital cardiac disorder due to accessory pathways, causes tachycardia, syncope, and even sudden death. CASE PRESENTATION: We presented a 26-year-old female office worker with WPW syndrome managing the disease with a wearable device and discussed its significance in occupational medicine...

Background: In recent years, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome and Brugada electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns have been reported as coexistent in the same patient. In most cases, the two waveforms appeared separately. Here, we described combinations of different waveforms on one ECG, such as the Brugada pattern with delta waves and the Brugada pattern with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Importantly, we recorded an alternate conversion of these combined ECG waveforms, which has not previously been reported in the literature...

(1) Background: The exact anatomic localization of the accessory pathway (AP) in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome still relies on an invasive electrophysiologic study, which has its own inherent risks. Determining the AP localization using a 12-lead ECG circumvents this risk but is of limited diagnostic accuracy. We developed and validated an artificial intelligence-based algorithm (location of accessory pathway artificial intelligence (locAP AI)) using a neural network to identify the AP location in WPW syndrome patients based on the delta-wave polarity in the 12-lead ECG...

Differential diagnosis of wide QRS tachycardia (WQRST) on the electrocardiogram remains a challenging exercise. Correct diagnosis is important for prescribing appropriate therapy and determining prognosis. Differential diagnosis of wide QRS tachycardia revolves around differentiation between supraventricular tachycardia with aberrant conduction and ventricular tachycardia. Observations such as clinical history, findings of physical examination during tachycardia, AV dissociation, QRS morphology in lead V1 and lead V6, precordial concordance, RS complexes in precordial leads, contralateral bundle branch block during wide QRS tachycardia, R wave morphologies in lead aVR, and ventricular initial/terminal velocity of conduction ratio can help arrive at the correct diagnosis with reasonable accuracy...

OBJECTIVES: The sensitivity of ECG for detecting left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is low. The aim of this study was to explore a better ECG criterion for screening LVH in a large general Chinese population. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: China Medical University in Shenyang, China. PARTICIPANTS: All permanent residents in Dawa, Zhangwu and Liaoyang aged 35 years or older were invited. Participants with unqualified data, pacemaker rhythm, frequent premature ventricular beats, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, complete bundle branch block, myocardial infarction or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were excluded...

BACKGROUND Radiofrequency ablation in cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a relatively safe procedure that yields good results. However, the electrical characteristics of WPW syndrome have not yet been fully elucidated. Herein, we report 2 cases of WPW syndrome, wherein antegrade conduction was abolished first, followed by retrograde conduction. CASE REPORT Case 1: A 15-year-old boy who recently reported experiencing frequent palpitations was diagnosed with type A WPW syndrome by electrocardiography (ECG)...

BACKGROUND Amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a disease that results in systemic amyloid deposition, which may present with multi-organ dysfunction. It carries a poor prognosis at the time of diagnosis. CASE REPORT A 37-year-old patient with a history of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and thyroiditis presented with syncope and hypovolemia. ECG showed non-specific T wave inversions in the lateral leads with no signs of ischemia. Laboratory investigations revealed deranged coagulation parameters with prolonged prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and follow-up factor assays revealed severe factor X deficiency...

Importance: Millions of clinicians rely daily on automated preliminary electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation. Critical comparisons of machine learning-based automated analysis against clinically accepted standards of care are lacking. Objective: To use readily available 12-lead ECG data to train and apply an explainability technique to a convolutional neural network (CNN) that achieves high performance against clinical standards of care. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cross-sectional study was conducted using data from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2018...

Short RP interval atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias do not typically present as an incessant form. We present 2 cases of incessant atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias leading to tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy with severe heart failure presentation in middle-aged adults. Both underwent accessory pathway ablation and recovered normal left ventricle function before hospital discharge. ( Level of Difficulty: Intermediate. ).

The patient is a 19 years-old man who often wakes up in dreams with palpitations and fatigue. The ECG shows: 1. Sinus rhythm; 2. Preexcitation syndrome. Transesophageal electrophysiological study (TEEPS) diagnosis:High-risk accessory pathway. During radiofrequency catheter ablation, the patient suddenly developed atrial fibrillation and quickly converted to ventricular fibrillation. After defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation is transformed into sinus rhythm. Subsequently, the patient's high-risk accessory pathway was successfully ablated...

BACKGROUND: The first clinical manifestation of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in previously asymptomatic individuals may be sudden cardiac death. The options for non-invasive risk stratification are limited in the current era beyond ambulatory rhythm monitoring and an exercise stress test. In our study, we sought to investigate whether there was a relationship between the shortest measured P- to delta-wave time interval (PDI) on the conduction properties of surface electrocardiogram and accessory pathways expressed as antegrade effective refractory period (APERP)...

One of the rare causes of diffuse T-wave inversion (TWI) in electrocardiogram (ECG) is memory T-waves. This should be considered among the differentials of diffuse TWI in ECG of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), especially when they have previous episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or pacemaker implantation or Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. These TWIs are benign and do not require any treatment. However, it is of paramount importance for the emergency physician to differentiate it from ischemia-related T-wave changes...

Cardiac accessory pathways (APs) in Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome are conventionally diagnosed with decision tree algorithms; however, there are problems with clinical usage. We assessed the efficacy of the artificial intelligence model using electrocardiography (ECG) and chest X-rays to identify the location of APs. We retrospectively used ECG and chest X-rays to analyse 206 patients with WPW syndrome. Each AP location was defined by an electrophysiological study and divided into four classifications...