In asymptomatic, high-risk children with the Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, prophylactic catheter ablation performed by an experienced operator reduces the risk of life-threatening arrhythmias.

May 14, 2012 (Boston, Massachusetts) — A "first-of-its-kind" consensus statement on the management of asymptomatic patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome should help clarify which ...

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome occurs when there is a problem ... procedures to prevent future episodes. In radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a heart specialist can thread a catheter through the ...

(Sept. 16 issue) 1 is not that prophylactic ablation results in a low risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. It is that their control group had an extraordinarily high rate of such events.

Hollie Lowes was diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) syndrome - an abnormal heartbeat that causes the organ to pump very fast - but doctors assured her family that the risks were low.

The Lower Dauphin High School junior was diagnosed in fall 2023 with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a rare congenital condition. Had she not attended a free screening sponsored by the Peyton ...

He has extensive ablation experience in treatment of abnormal heart rhythms including supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome), ventricular tachycardia, ...

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a congenital heart defect ... your doctor may recommend a procedure called catheter ablation. This is a procedure a doctor does to get rid of the areas of ...

The Associated Press reports: Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome is a rare disorder ... the abnormal pathway is radiofrequency or catheter ablation. In this, a flexible tube called a catheter is ...