THE PROGNOSIS OF THE WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME
Authors: J L KIMBALL, G BURCH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 August 1947THE PROGNOSIS OF THE WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROMEJ. LEROY KIMBALL, GEORGE BURCH, F.A.C.P.J. LEROY KIMBALL, GEORGE BURCH, F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-2-239 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany authors, including Wolff, Parkinson and White,1consider the prognosis of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (characterized by White et al.1essentially as: (1) a short P-R interval, (2) prolonged and deformed QRS complexes, (3) normal P-J interval, and a tendency to paroxysmal tachycardia) benign. However, in reviewing the literature there is considerable evidence to show that such is not always the case. Although this condition is frequently found on routine electrocardiographic study of patients with no cardiac complaints or physical abnormalities, it is often found in persons who have had cardiac complaints for many years. The chief complaint is palpitation and...Bibliography1. WOLFFPARKINSONWHITE LJPD: Bundle branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachycardia, Am. Heart Jr., 1930, v, 685. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WILSON FN: Recent progress on electrocardiography and the interpretation of borderline electrocardiograms, Proc. Life Insurance Med. Dir., 1938, xxiv, 96. Google Scholar3. VAKIL RJ: A case of mitral stenosis with apparent bundle branch block, short PR intervals and attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia, Indian Med. Gaz., 1942, lxxvii. Google Scholar4. NIELSENMORTENSENESKILDSEN ALVP: Nord. med., 1943, xxi, 450 (quoted from reference 5). Google Scholar5. WOODWOLFERTHGECKELER FCCCGD: Histologic demonstration of accessory muscular connections between auricle and ventricle in a case of short PR interval and prolonged QRS complex, Am. Heart Jr., 1943, xxv, 4. Google Scholar6. OHNELL RF: Preëxcitation, a cardiac abnormality, 1944, P.a. Norstedt & Soner, Stockholm. Google Scholar7. DEERHAKEKIMBALLBURCHHENTHORNE HGJLGEJC: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: histological study of the cardiac septum and auriculo-ventricular groove in one case (to be published). Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication October 30, 1946.From the Department of Medicine, Tulane Medical School and the Charity Hospital, New Orleans. 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