The Role of Exercise Testing in Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: About Two Cases
Published: 2023-01-14
Page: 18-22
Issue: 2023 - Volume 6 [Issue 1]
Dib Hassan
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Karimou Bondabou Abdoul Wahab *
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Bouzouba Otman
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Nana Yeboah Frederick
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
El Bahri Loubna
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Oketokoun Arike Rachidath
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Fellat Nadia
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Fellat Rokya
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Cherti Mohamed
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Morocco and Unit of Pedagogy and Research of Cardiology, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Exercise testing (ET) is a noninvasive test used both in the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and in the risk stratification of sudden death in Wolff-Parkinson-white syndrome (WPW). However, in the latter, there are often false-positive results through ST-segment depression even though the coronaries are healthy. This has largely limited the interpretation of the clinical and electrical features suggestive of myocardial ischemia during ET in patients with WPW syndrome. The purpose of this study is to present two cases of myocardial ischemia revealed by ET in patients with WPW syndrome.
Keywords: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, exercise testing, myocardial ischemia, sudden death
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