RT Book, Section A1 Bissonnette, Bruno A1 Luginbuehl, Igor A1 Engelhardt, Thomas SR Print(0) ID 1164088304 T1 Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861789 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164088304 RD 2024/10/16 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.