Localization of the accessory pathway in ventricular preexcitation (WPW) by means of combined ECG and VCG recordings.

نویسندگان

  • K Nzayinambaho
  • P Leclercq
  • A Waleffe
  • H Kulbertus
  • C Brohet
چکیده

The noninvasive localization of the accessory pa thway (AP) responsible for ventricular preexcitation is helpful in the initial evaluation of patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. Recently, two groups of authors independently published new classifications derived from the correlation of 12-lead ECG with electrophysiologic studies. ~'2 Although these classifications allow a more precise localization of the accessory pathway than the Rosenbaum criteria, 3 some cases remain difficult to classify. We used the Frank vectorcardiogram (VCG) to increase the accuracy and to simplify classification.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of electrocardiology

دوره 22 Suppl  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989