TY - JOUR AU - Kasell, Jack AB - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR had no further episodes of tachycardia and has undergone G. M.D. ANDREW WALLACE, one pulse generator replacement. She continues to conduct WILL C. M.D. SEALY, through the anomalous pathway with the pacemaker cap- M.D. JOHNJ. GALLAGHER, turing only rarely. We do, however, feel committed to life- ROBERT H. M.D. SVENSON, long replacement of the pacemaker power source since the HAROLD C. STRAUSS, M.D. reliability of the accessory pathway as a permanent A-V con- nection is questionable. Since this first case we have treated KASELL JACK 2 other Type A WPW patients in the same manner. One is Duke Medical Center University now 3 years postoperative and another 3 months North Carolina Durham, postoperative. Both are free of their tachycardias. If in future patients an accessory A-V pathway cannot be found Patients for Selecting and divided, then division of the His bundle with implanta- tion of a permanent demand pacemaker is an acceptable Coronary Bypass Grafting alternate approach to the surgical management of patients To the Editor: with Type A Wolff-Parkinson-White svndrome and re- We read with interest the paper (Circulation 49: 77, entrant atrial 1974) tachycardias. bv Cannom and co-workers from Stanford University on the TI - Surgery for WPW Syndrome The authors reply JF - Circulation DA - 1974-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/surgery-for-wpw-syndrome-the-authors-reply-GKT1GxwsEN SP - 1021 EP - 1021 VL - 49 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -