If they are infrequent and self-terminating then sometimes no treatment is required.

If they are frequent or uncomfortable then there are two strategies:

• Medications: these may include either a pill-in-the- pocket approach or regular prophylactic medications (beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, sotalol, flecainide or rarely amiodarone)
• Ablation: this involves an electrophysiological (EP) study to identify the abnormal electrical tissue, then using radiofrequency ablation the area is burnt therefore disrupting the pathway