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Sudden Death in the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 81))

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Sudden death may occur in the young patient with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome [1–16]. The purpose of this article is to discuss the mode of sudden death, the recognition of the possible candidate and the prevention of such an event.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University of Barcelona, Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Bayés de Luna

  2. Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Betriu

  3. Department of Cardiology, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

    G. Permanyer

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Wellens, H.J.J., Brugada, P. (1988). Sudden Death in the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. In: de Luna, A.B., Betriu, A., Permanyer, G. (eds) Therapeutics in Cardiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1333-2_5

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