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Surgical Division of Posterior Septal Accessory Pathways in the Wolff‐Parkinson‐White Syndrome: A New Modified Approach
Author(s) -
SELLE JAY G.,
GALLAGHER JOHN J.,
COLAVITA PAUL G.,
SMITH RICHARD T.,
SEALY WILL C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1991.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - medicine , accessory pathway , dissection (medical) , white (mutation) , anatomy , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , gene , catheter ablation , biochemistry , chemistry
A bstract A new modified surgical approach for the division of posterior septal accessory pathways is described. This method incorporates some of the desirable components of previously reported techniques, while eliminating difficult and unreliable aspects of those same techniques. Interestingly this procedure was initially illustrated by Sealy and Mikat 1 in 1983, although it has not been used clinically until now. The recognized intent of this dissection is to totally separate atrial and ventricular structures within the posterior septal space so that all accessory pathways encountered are permanently interrupted.