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Comparative study of five preoperative methods for the localization of accessory pathways in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Yuan, S W LU ; Iwa, T ; Misaki, T ; Mukai, K ; Matsunaga, Y ; Bando, H ; Nakajima, K and Numa, T (1991) In Japanese Circulation Journal 55(7). p.91-685
Abstract

One hundred and thirty-four cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome were studied to evaluate the relative usefulness of electrocardiography (ECG), electrophysiological studies (EPS), body surface mapping (BSM), gated blood-pool phase analysis (nuclear studies), and vectorcardiography (VCG) in the localization of the accessory pathway (ACP). In comparison with the final localization verified by intraoperative studies, 93.4% in 8-region ACP localization (97.7% in 4-region ACP localization) could be correctly localized by ECG using our criteria, 83.9% (86.8%) by EPS, 82.6% (95.8%) by BSM, 78.8% (87.7%) by nuclear studies, and 67.3% (78.0%) by VCG. It was concluded that: (a) ACP can be localized preoperatively with considerable accuracy by... (More)

One hundred and thirty-four cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome were studied to evaluate the relative usefulness of electrocardiography (ECG), electrophysiological studies (EPS), body surface mapping (BSM), gated blood-pool phase analysis (nuclear studies), and vectorcardiography (VCG) in the localization of the accessory pathway (ACP). In comparison with the final localization verified by intraoperative studies, 93.4% in 8-region ACP localization (97.7% in 4-region ACP localization) could be correctly localized by ECG using our criteria, 83.9% (86.8%) by EPS, 82.6% (95.8%) by BSM, 78.8% (87.7%) by nuclear studies, and 67.3% (78.0%) by VCG. It was concluded that: (a) ACP can be localized preoperatively with considerable accuracy by using our simple ECG criteria. (b) The EPS method has some limitation, especially with respect to 8-region ACP localization. (c) Our observation showed no evidence that BSM, VCG, or nuclear studies were superior to ECG in ACP localization. (d) Among the 5 methods studied, ECG and EPS appear to be the appropriate procedures for preoperative ACP identification.

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Electrocardiography, Electrodes, Electrophysiology, Female, Gated Blood-Pool Imaging, Heart Conduction System, Humans, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Vectorcardiography, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Comparative Study, Journal Article
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Japanese Circulation Journal
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91 - 685
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Japanese Circulation Society
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10.1253/jcj.55.685
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  abstract     = {{<p>One hundred and thirty-four cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome were studied to evaluate the relative usefulness of electrocardiography (ECG), electrophysiological studies (EPS), body surface mapping (BSM), gated blood-pool phase analysis (nuclear studies), and vectorcardiography (VCG) in the localization of the accessory pathway (ACP). In comparison with the final localization verified by intraoperative studies, 93.4% in 8-region ACP localization (97.7% in 4-region ACP localization) could be correctly localized by ECG using our criteria, 83.9% (86.8%) by EPS, 82.6% (95.8%) by BSM, 78.8% (87.7%) by nuclear studies, and 67.3% (78.0%) by VCG. It was concluded that: (a) ACP can be localized preoperatively with considerable accuracy by using our simple ECG criteria. (b) The EPS method has some limitation, especially with respect to 8-region ACP localization. (c) Our observation showed no evidence that BSM, VCG, or nuclear studies were superior to ECG in ACP localization. (d) Among the 5 methods studied, ECG and EPS appear to be the appropriate procedures for preoperative ACP identification.</p>}},
  author       = {{Yuan, S W and Iwa, T and Misaki, T and Mukai, K and Matsunaga, Y and Bando, H and Nakajima, K and Numa, T}},
  issn         = {{0047-1828}},
  keywords     = {{Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Electrophysiology; Female; Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; Heart Conduction System; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Vectorcardiography; Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome; Comparative Study; Journal Article}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{91--685}},
  publisher    = {{Japanese Circulation Society}},
  series       = {{Japanese Circulation Journal}},
  title        = {{Comparative study of five preoperative methods for the localization of accessory pathways in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/jcj.55.685}},
  doi          = {{10.1253/jcj.55.685}},
  volume       = {{55}},
  year         = {{1991}},
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