Revisiting Electrocardiographic Wolff-Parkinson-White Pattern Article Swipe

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Medicine Cardiology WPW SYNDROME Internal medicine Accessory pathway Tachycardia QRS complex Paroxysmal tachycardia Atrial fibrillation Asymptomatic Radiofrequency ablation Electrocardiography Ablation Catheter ablation

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , Vinay Jain ·

YOU? · · 2020 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.31254/jmr.2020.6401 · OA: W3047735669

Electrocardiographic features of a short PR interval, a delta wave, and a wide QRS complex constitutes a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern.Asymptomatic electrocardiographic findings are defined as a WPW pattern.Symptomatic patients with these electrocardiographic features have WPW syndrome.WPW syndrome may predispose to arrhythmias such as paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia.Patient's with WPW syndrome at risk for sudden cardiac death.It is important to recognize the common electrocardiographic characteristics of WPW pattern.The advent of electrophysiological studies (EPS) and radiofrequency ablation has revolutionized the management of WPW syndrome.