The deceptiveness of the electrocardiographic image in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Ulrich, J.
Vnitrni Lekarstvi 48(Suppl 1): 206-209
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-773X PMID: 12744048 Document Number: 543200
The urgent character of the clinical importance of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is among others also due to some treacherous characteristics of the electrocardiographic tracing. Three of them are mentioned in the submitted paper. The lability of the electrocardiographic tracing--spontaneous and induced--makes sometimes early detection difficult. The risk of confounding the ECG tracing of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with myocardial infarction is considerable and sometimes underrated. Diagnosis of the ECG picture of myocardial infarction in a subject with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome may be associated with great difficulties. The electrocardiographic picture of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome must be evaluated always with knowledge of the general clinical manifestations to prevent diagnostic, therapeutic and assessment errors.