TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Engelhardt, Thomas PY - 2019 T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e AB - This is a medical condition characterized by ventricular preexcitation conduction defects, associated with a short P-R interval and a wide QRS complex. It is reported that 40% of individuals affected with this electrical problem never develop symptoms. The clinical features include palpitations at rest, dyspnea, headache, and syncope. Ultimately, cardiac arrest may occur with sudden death. The risk of death in those without symptoms is about 0.5% per year in children and 0.1% per year in adults. The most common type of arrhythmia is determined as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. The cardiac anomaly most frequently associated with this problem is Ebstein’s anomaly. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164088304 ER -