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Síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White

Last reviewed: 25 Mar 2025
Last updated: 24 Sep 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • taquicardia por reentrada auriculoventricular (TRAV)
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Other diagnostic factors

  • palpitaciones
  • mareos
  • disnea
  • dolor torácico
  • fibrilación auricular
  • aleteo auricular
  • anomalías cardíacas congénitas
  • muerte cardíaca súbita
  • síncope y presíncope
  • taquicardia en el embarazo
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Risk factors

  • Anomalía de Ebstein
  • cardiomiopatía hipertrófica
  • prolapso de la válvula mitral
  • comunicación interauricular
  • comunicación interventricular
  • transposición de los grandes vasos
  • coartación aórtica
  • dextrocardia
  • divertículos del seno coronario
  • aneurismas de la aurícula izquierda y derecha
  • rabdomiomas cardíacos
  • síndrome de Marfan
  • ataxia de Friedreich
  • antecedentes familiares
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • electrocardiograma (ECG) de 12 derivaciones
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Tests to consider

  • ecocardiograma
  • prueba de esfuerzo
  • estudio electrofisiológico
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Treatment algorithm

INITIAL

inestable: presión arterial <90/60 mmHg, signos de hipoperfusión sistémica o fibrilación auricular inestable

ACUTE

estable: taquicardia de complejo estrecho (ortodrómica de intercambio auriculoventricular)

estable: taquicardia de complejo ancho (antidrómica de intercambio auriculoventricular)

estable: taquicardia con preexcitación por fibrilación auricular o aleteo auricular

estable: taquicardia con preexcitación por taquicardia auricular

ONGOING

tras tratamiento agudo: asintomático

tras tratamiento agudo: sintomático

Contributors

Authors

Hugh Calkins, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director of Electrophysiology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore

MD

Disclosures

HC declares that he is a consultant for Medtronic, Biosense Webster, Abbott, and Boston Scientific.

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge our cardiology expert panel member, Dr Fred Kusumoto, for his contribution to this topic.

Professor Hugh Calkins would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr David Frankel, Dr Mithilesh K. Das, and Dr Douglas P. Zipes, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

DF, MKD, and DPZ declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Nicolas Palaskas, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston

TX

Disclosures

NP declares that he has no competing interests.

Joseph E. Marine, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Electrophysiology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore

MD

Disclosures

JEM declares that he has no competing interests.

Suneet Mittal, MD

Director

Electrophysiology Laboratory

The St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

New York

NY

Disclosures

SM declares that he has no competing interests.

Andrew Turley, MB ChB

Cardiology Specialist Registrar

The James Cook University Hospital

Middlesbrough

UK

Disclosures

AT declares that he has no competing interests.

Steve Hsu, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Cardiology

University of Florida College of Medicine

Jacksonville

FL

Disclosures

SH declares that he has no competing interests.

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