Epicardial mapping in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Epicardial mapping provides a method for defining antegrade and retrograde sites of pre-excitation. It is best undertaken only after a careful, detailed preoperative electrophysiological study has been performed. The potential pitfalls of the technique are many and technical expertise must be consta...

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Published inCirculation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 854 - 866
Main Authors Gallagher, J J, Kasell, J, Sealy, W C, Pritchett, E L, Wallace, A G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.1978
Subjects
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - diagnosis
Electrocardiography
Electrophysiology - methods
Heart Septum - physiopathology
Humans
Pericardium - physiopathology
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - diagnosis
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - surgery
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Summary:Epicardial mapping provides a method for defining antegrade and retrograde sites of pre-excitation. It is best undertaken only after a careful, detailed preoperative electrophysiological study has been performed. The potential pitfalls of the technique are many and technical expertise must be constantly available to maintain a functioning system. For these reasons, it is not likely to lend itself to widespread application. The same techniques can be applied to localization of the site of origin of atrial or ventricular dysrhythmias, localization of myocardial ischemia and infarction, as well as to differentiate between epicardial delays due to conduction delay and those caused by intramural myocardial delay.
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ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/01.CIR.57.5.854