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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is considered a disease that most often occurs in young people. Patients with this diagnosis have heart palpitations, and, as you know, unstable rhythm leads to the threat of sudden cardiac arrest. The fact is that in Parkinson's syndrome, in addition to standard electrical impulses, there are additional ones in the heart, whose action causes tachycardia, that is, an increase in myocardial beat frequency.

Remember that this disease can not be symptomatically manifested for a long time or be expressed in several short episodes of rapid rhythm. That is why the diagnosis in the majority of cases occurs unexpectedly, for example, during a scheduled medical examination. The main signs of Parkinson's disease include a burning sensation in the chest, dizziness until fainting and shortness of breath. At the same time, the heart beats so violently that the pulse is felt in the throat.

In order to diagnose Parkinson's disease it is necessary to pass a special test. This ailment is easy to recognize by the rate of heart muscle, as it becomes higher than normal. As a rule, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is diagnosed with a strong tachycardia with a frequency exceeding 230 beats per minute. At the same time, blood pressure should be either at the normal level or well below the limits for a healthy person. A specialist usually prescribes the passage of an electrocardiogram and a holter monitor. These studies are able to point to the location of the additional electric path. The ECG detects abnormal places, the so-called "deltas", and Holter monitor involves a round-the-clock observation without interruptions to the work of the myocardium muscle.

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is usually treated symptomatically, mainly taking drugs aimed at normalizing the activity of the cardiovascular system. For example, "Amiodarone" or "Adenosine" is prescribed. If the drug measures were unsuccessful, then the specialist conducts electrical cardioversion or, so-called shock therapy. At the same time, modern medicine increasingly uses a procedure such as catheter ablation. For its implementation, the specialist makes a small incision in the groin in the immediate vicinity of the aorta. Through the main vein, a catheter is carried directly to the heart, a special radio transmitter is attached to the end of the thin tube, which operates at a frequency level capable of destroying an additional impulse. The method of performing an open-heart surgery with which to overcome the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is quite common. But such a serious procedure is allowed only if it is necessary to carry out the operation for other reasons.

So, the most common method of dealing with Parkinson's syndrome is catheter ablation, since it is performed in 90% of cases. But do not forget that, just like any, even minor, operation, this procedure can provoke the appearance of many complications. For example, heart failure or a sharp drop in pressure, all this is justified by a prolonged tachycardia. In addition, some people have an allergic reaction to specific components of medications used in treatment.

But the most terrible complication can be considered ventricular fibrillation, as it leads to shock. According to statistical data, only 4% of the total number of patients suffering from this type of complications can not get out of this state, which leads to a fatal outcome. The most important thing in time is to see a doctor, in order to avoid the progression of the disease and the development of complications.

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