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. 2023 Sep;47(3):1393-1403.
doi: 10.1007/s11259-023-10088-z. Epub 2023 Mar 3.

Electrocardiographic patterns of ventricular pre-excitation in dogs with right-sided accessory pathways

Manuela Perego  1 , Romain Pariaut  2 , N Sydney Moïse  2 , Sergio Federico Lombardo  3 , Damiano Cavallini  4 , Roberto Santilli  3   2
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Electrocardiographic patterns of ventricular pre-excitation in dogs with right-sided accessory pathways

Manuela Perego et al. Vet Res Commun. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the study was to describe the electrocardiographic features of ventricular pre-excitation (VPE) patterns characterized by the presence of delta (δ) wave, short P-δQRS interval, wide δQRS complexes in dogs with right-sided accessory pathways.

Animals, materials and methods: Twenty-six dogs with a confirmed accessory pathways (AP) via electrophysiological mapping were included. All dogs underwent a complete physical examination, 12-lead ECG, thoracic radiography, echocardiographic examination and electrophysiologic mapping. The AP were located in the following regions: right anterior, right posteroseptal, right posterior. The following parameters were determined: P-δQRS interval, δQRS duration, δQRS axis, δQRS morphology, δ-wave polarity, Q-wave, R-wave, R'-wave, S-wave amplitude, and R/S ratio.

Results: In lead II, the median δQRS complex duration was 82.4 (IQR 7.2) and the median P-δQRS interval duration was 54.6 (IQR 4.2) msec. The median δQRS complex axis in the frontal plane was: + 68° (IQR 52.5) for right anterior APs, - 24 ° (IQR 24) for right postero-septal APs, - 43.5 ° (IQR 27.25) for right posterior APs (P = 0.007). In lead II, the polarity of the δ wave was positive in 5/5 right anterior APs and negative in 7/11 postero-septal APs and 8/10 in right posterior APs. In precordial leads of all dogs, R/S was ≤ 1 in V1 and > 1 in all leads from V2 to V6.

Conclusion: Surface electrocardiogram can be used to distinguish right anterior APs from right posterior and right postero-septal ahead of an invasive electrophysiological study.

Keywords: Accessory pathway; Antegrade conduction; Delta wave; Electrocardiogram.

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