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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome



Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Causes


It is said that Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is inherited condition.


Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Definition


Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, WPW for brevity is a medical condition characterized by the pre-excitation of the heart ventricles resulting from the bundle of kent or the abnormal accessory pathway.


Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Diagnosis


Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is confirmed on the basis of the surface of the ECG in a person showing no symptoms of the medical condition where it shown as a delta wave which usually slurred upstroke in the QRS and manifest a short PR interval.


Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Symptoms and Signs


Usually person with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome does not manifest any symptoms throughout their entire lives.


Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Treatment


Treatment includes destruction of the abnormal electrical pathways by radiofrequency catheter ablation which is performed through cardiac electrophysiologists (Pappone C, Lamberti F, Santomauro M, Stabile G, De Simone A, Turco P, Pannain S, Loricchio ML, Rotunno R, Chiariello M (1993). "Ablation of paroxysmal tachycardia in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome" (in Italian). Cardiologia 38 (12 Suppl 1): 189-97).


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