Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome

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Etiology

Epidemiology

Pathology

* Also orthodromic & antidromic reciprocating tachycardia. ** a delta wave makes atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia unlikely

Diagnostic procedures

* defining criteria for WPW

# AV nodal reentrant tachycardia is caused by dual nodal AV physiology not WPW[7]

Complications

Management

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Additional terms

References

  1. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 145
  2. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 274
  3. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 77-79
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  5. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 1032
  6. 6.0 6.1 Rao AL, Salerno JC, Asif IM, Drezner JA. Evaluation and management of wolff-Parkinson-white in athletes. Sports Health. 2014 Jul;6(4):326-32. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982705 PMCID: PMC4065555 Free PMC article
  7. 7.0 7.1 NEJM Knowledge+
    Link MS Clinical practice. Evaluation and initial treatment of supraventricular tachycardia. N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 11;367(15):1438-48 PMID: 23050527 https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMcp1111259 Review.

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