Gabriele Hessling, Marta Telishevska, Sarah Lengauer, Isabel Deisenhofer
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Abstract
The term "asymptomatic WPW" (Wolff-Parkinson-White) is often used as a synonym for ventricular pre-excitation of the WPW type due to an accessory pathway characterized by a short PR interval and a delta wave on the electrocardiogram (ECG) without the clinical occurrence of paroxysmal tachycardia. Asymptomatic WPW is often diagnosed in young and otherwise healthy people. There is a small associated risk of sudden cardiac death due to rapid antegrade conduction over the accessory pathway during atrial fibrillation. This paper highlights aspects of noninvasive and invasive risk stratification, therapy by catheter ablation, and the ongoing risk-benefit discussion in asymptomatic WPW.
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