Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy

Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is rare and is characterized by an accessory pathway that predisposes patients to tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Early recognition is important and should be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team for adequate management and treatment. We present a pre...

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Autores principales: Lemus, Luis F, Pereira, Ingrid, Valdivieso, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8975611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35382208
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22731
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description Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is rare and is characterized by an accessory pathway that predisposes patients to tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Early recognition is important and should be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team for adequate management and treatment. We present a pregnant woman that presented to the emergency department and discuss her diagnosis, treatment, and outcome.
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spelling pubmed-89756112022-04-04 Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy Lemus, Luis F Pereira, Ingrid Valdivieso, Roberto Cureus Cardiology Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is rare and is characterized by an accessory pathway that predisposes patients to tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Early recognition is important and should be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team for adequate management and treatment. We present a pregnant woman that presented to the emergency department and discuss her diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. Cureus 2022-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8975611/ /pubmed/35382208 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22731 Text en Copyright © 2022, Lemus et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lemus, Luis F
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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
title Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
title_full Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
title_fullStr Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
title_short Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in Third Trimester of Pregnancy
title_sort wolff-parkinson-white syndrome in third trimester of pregnancy
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8975611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35382208
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22731
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