Wolf White Parkinson Syndrome Ecg

This problem with the heart is present at birth congenital although symptoms may not develop until later in life.

Wolf white parkinson syndrome ecg. Incidence 0 1 3 0 per 1000. Wolff parkinson white syndrome wolff parkinson white wpw syndrome is a relatively common heart condition that causes the heart to beat abnormally fast for periods of time. Av re entrant tachycardia or af. Your doctor will likely recommend tests to diagnose wpw syndrome such as.

The ecg features are characteristic and important to recognise. Currently wolff parkinson white wpw syndrome is defined as a congenital condition involving abnormal conductive cardiac tissue between the atria and the ventricles that provides a pathway for a. The cause is an extra electrical connection in the heart. Wolff parkinson white wpw syndrome described in 1930 by wolff parkinson and white as an ecg pattern found in young otherwise healthy adults who experienced bouts of atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardia in 1932 holzmann and scherf proposed that the syndrome was due to an accessory pathway between the atria and ventricles.

Wolff parkinson white syndrome wpws is a disorder due to a specific type of problem with the electrical system of the heart which has resulted in symptoms. Type a tall r in v1 lad left posterior septal path type b deep s in v1 lad right lateral or postero septal path type c tall r in v1 inferior axis 90º left lateral path symptomatic ecg. The condition which is present at birth is fairly rare. About 40 of people with the electrical problem never develop symptoms.

Symptoms can include an abnormally fast heartbeat palpitations shortness of breath lightheadedness or syncope. The episodes of fast heartbeats usually aren t life threatening but serious heart problems can occur. Historically wolff parkinson and white first described the condition in 1930 in a series of 11 healthy young adults with a functional bundle branch block an abnormally short pr interval and paroxysms of tachycardia or atrial fibrillation. Wolff parkinson white wpw syndrome is a combination of the presence of a congenital accessory pathway and episodes of tachyarrhythmia first described in 1930 by louis wolff john parkinson and paul dudley white associated with a small risk of sudden cardiac death.