WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE:

 

 

A syndrome caused by a symptomatic arrhythmia caused by preexcitation.

•ECG Findings:

Delta wave; short PR interval; widened QRS complex.

•Orthodromic Conduction:

•Conduction into the ventricles goes down the AV node normally, and the reentrant conduction goes up the bypass tract.

•Antidromic Conduction:

•Conduction into the ventricles goes down the bypass tract and the reentrant conduction goes up the AV node.

 

See preexcitation.

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