Е.V. РSHENICHNAYA¹, Yu.V. UDOVITCHENKO¹, N.A. USENKO¹ , N.L. SYSOYEVA²

¹Donetsk National Medical University named after M. Gorkiy, 16a prospekt Ilyicha, Donetsk, Ukraine, 283003

²Institute for Emergency and Restorative Surgery named after V.K. Gusak, 47 Leninskiy prospekt, Donetsk, Ukraine, 283045

 Рshenichnaya E.V. — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics of Internship and Postgraduate Education Faculty, tel. +3-071-367-01-84, e-mail: pshenichnayal@yandex.ua

Udovitchenko Yu.V. — resident doctor of the Department of Pediatrics of Internship and Postgraduate Education Faculty, tel. +3-807-131-57-14, e-mail: udovitchenko1992@mail.ru

 The article presents a clinical case of the latent Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) phenomenon in a boy with a sinus node vegetative dysfunction. The complex ECG examination, including non-invasive electrophysiological study, enabled to disclose the hidden heart rate disorder (latent type of WPW phenomenon).

Key words: Wolff-Parkinson-White phenomenon, latent type, children.

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