A 17-year-old girl was diagnosed with an asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern just before a major orthopedic operation. Three months after the surgery, she developed ventricular fibrillation-being the first manifestation of her Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The patient was successfully reanimated. radiofrequency ablation permanently interrupted conduction over a right posteroseptal accessory pathway.
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Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Francesco CantúEHRA Scientific Initiatives Committee