Preexcited atrial fibrillation

Definition

Atrial fibrillation that occurs in the setting of a preexcitation syndrome such a Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, resulting in an erratic wide-complex rhythm that can degenerate into ventricular fibrillation, and sudden cardiac death.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Atrial fibrillation

• BC81.30Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
• BC81.31Persistent atrial fibrillation
• BC81.32Permanent atrial fibrillation
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified