Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Meaning
Noun
- A preexcitation syndrome caused by the presence of an abnormal accessory electrical conduction pathway (the bundle of Kent) between the atria and the ventricles.
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Origin
- Named after Louis Wolff, John Parkinson, and Paul Dudley White, who described the ECG findings in 1930.
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