TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 17. Wolff–Parkinson–White (WPW) Syndrome
A1  - Sachdev, Amit H.
A1  - Sachdev, Molly
A2  - Atchabahian, Arthur
A2  - Gupta, Ruchir
PY  - 2013
T2  - The Anesthesia Guide
AB  - Aberrant  connection  from  the  atria  to  the  ventricles  through  an  accessory  pathway  (AP)Classic  EKG  pattern  in  sinus  rhythm  (Figure  17-1):  short  P–R  interval  (due  to  conduction  over  the  faster  AP)  and  a  slurred  upstroke  of  the  QRS—“delta  wave”  (due  to  fusion  of  impulses  that  pass  through  AV  node  and  those  that  pass  via  the  AP)Patients  with  Wolff–Parkinson–White  (WPW)  syndrome  can  present  in  sinus  rhythm  or  with  reentrant  narrow  complex  tachycardias  (orthodromic  reciprocating  tachycardia  [ORT]),  wide  complex  tachycardias  (antidromic  reciprocating  tachycardia  [ART]),  and  atrial  fibrillation  (AF)AF  with  WPW  pattern  has  classic  EKG  pattern  (Figure  17-2)  and  can  degenerate  into  VF  
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Y2  - 2024/04/16
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