wolfe-parkinsons

azevedo · Newbie Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 15

My father was just diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson White Syndrome. Could you provide details about this disease, what it is, its causes, effects and treatment? Is it something dangerous? I am worried about my father.

tomich · Newbie Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 10

This condition is an Electrocardiographic syndrome and is congenital. There is a tract present which enables the impulses from the upper part of the heart to reach the lower part after bypassing the normal impulse tract. This can result in very rapid beating of the heart called an arrhythmia. Procedure that involves catheter ablation is successful in 95% of patients. This procedure has been available about 10 years or even more and there are many physicians who perform it. In this procedure catheter is placed next to the accessory pathway responsible for WPW. Radio frequency waves damage and kill the tissue so that it doesn't function. This procedure seems quite effective but some patients still have arrhythmias - different and easier to control than before. When it comes to alternatives, it depends on how often and how severe symptoms are. As long as your father is under supervision of his doctor, I am sure that he will be ok.

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