When every other beat conducts through an accessory pathway causing a short PR interval and a delta wave, the term WPW alternans is used. The accessory pathway that is exists is refractory on an ...

Matters of the heart are truly sensitive, especially when its electrical system is disrupted. This is also called an arrhythmia, which occurs when there is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your ...

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Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a type of supraventricular tachycardia and affects up to three in 1,000 people worldwide. Patients with WPW are born with an additional electrical conduction ...

The diagnosis is normal sinus rhythm, WPW pattern, PACs in bigeminal pattern, and pseudo inferior wall infarction. The rhythm is irregular and there is a pattern of group beating (ie, two QRS ...

The diagnosis is atrial fibrillation, WPW, and a pseudo inferior wall infarction. Atrial fibrillation in which there are no organized P waves. Therefore, this is atrial fibrillation. The QRS complexes ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a heart rhythm disorder that originates in the heart’s upper chambers, called the atria. The primary symptom of SVT is a rapid heartbeat. There are several types ...

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