Overset Wolff-Parkinson-White-syndrom
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Overset Wolff-Parkinson-White-syndrom. / Nielsen, Trine Skov; Dalager, Søren; Larsen, Maiken Kudahl; Jensen, Henrik Kjaerulf; Banner, Jytte.
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T1 - Overset Wolff-Parkinson-White-syndrom
AU - Nielsen, Trine Skov
AU - Dalager, Søren
AU - Larsen, Maiken Kudahl
AU - Jensen, Henrik Kjaerulf
AU - Banner, Jytte
PY - 2010/9/13
Y1 - 2010/9/13
N2 - An autopsy in a 28-year-old man did not explain the cause of sudden unexpected death. However, a history of episodes with tachycardia and dizziness and a reassessed previous electrocardiogram exhibiting ventricular pre-excitation was consistent with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. In this patient we believe that the occurrence of atrial fibrillation caused sudden cardiac death from ventricular fibrillation due to a short refractory period of an accessory atrioventricular pathway and a very rapid ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation.
AB - An autopsy in a 28-year-old man did not explain the cause of sudden unexpected death. However, a history of episodes with tachycardia and dizziness and a reassessed previous electrocardiogram exhibiting ventricular pre-excitation was consistent with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. In this patient we believe that the occurrence of atrial fibrillation caused sudden cardiac death from ventricular fibrillation due to a short refractory period of an accessory atrioventricular pathway and a very rapid ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation.
KW - Adult
KW - Autopsy
KW - Cause of Death
KW - Death, Sudden, Cardiac
KW - Electrocardiography
KW - Fatal Outcome
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
C2 - 20836960
VL - 172
SP - 2521
EP - 2522
JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger
JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger
SN - 0041-5782
IS - 37
ER -
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