Natural History of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Diagnosed in Childhood
Natural History of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Diagnosed in Childhood
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.05.035
复制
发表时间:
2013-10-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Arora, Gaurav
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Cain, Nicole;Irving, Claire;Arora, Gaurav
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome carries a risk for symptomatic arrhythmias and sudden death. The aim of this study was to examine the natural history of patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome diagnosed in childhood followed longitudinally at a single institution. The study population consisted of 446 patients. The median age of diagnosis was 7 years, and 61% were male. Associated heart disease was present in 40 patients (9%). Modes of presentation included supraventricular tachycardia (38%), palpitations (22%), chest pain (5%), syncope (4%), atrial fibrillation (0.4%), sudden death (0.2%), and incidental findings (26%); data were unavailable in 4%. During the study period, a total of 243 patients (54%) had supraventricular tachycardia, and 7 patients (1.6%) had atrial fibrillation. Of patients who presented at 3 months of age (p