WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME SIMULATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Authors: Herbert Eichert
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 November 1944WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME SIMULATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONHERBERT EICHERTHERBERT EICHERTAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-5-907 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this paper is to report a case of the so-called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a relatively benign cardiac abnormality, which simulated and was misinterpreted as myocardial infarction.Characteristic electrocardiograms appeared in the literature many years ago,1, 2 but their significance and the various features of the syndrome were first clearly defined by Wolff, Parkinson, and White in 1930,3 and the relative benignity of the condition established. Numerous subsequent publications4, 5 have appeared in journals of limited circulation and consequently the knowledge of this syndrome has not been widely disseminated.CASE REPORTR. W., a salesman, was 40 years old...Bibliography1. WILSON FN: A case in which the vagus influenced the form of the ventricular complex of the electrocardiogram, Arch. Int. Med., 1915, xvi, 1008. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WEDD AM: Paroxysmal tachycardia, Arch. Int. Med., 1921, xxvii, 571. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. 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 Scholar4. BUTTERWORTHPOINDEXTER JSCA: Short P-R interval associated with prolonged QRS complex, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxix, 437. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CLAGGETT AH: Short P-R interval with prolonged QRS, Am. Heart Jr., 1943, xxvi, 55. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 9, 1944. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in the Wolff-Parkinson-White SyndromeWolff-Parkinson-White syndromeVentricular Preexcitation Simulating Anteroseptal InfarctionWolff-Parkinson-White syndromeElectrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the presence of bundle branch block (right and left), ventricular premature beats and wolff-parkinson-white syndromeCHAPTER VI.: THE EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM OF PREEXCITATIONElectrocardiographic findings in 67,375 asymptomatic subjectsDie Rhythmusstörungen des Herzens (einschließlich der intramuralen Leitungsstörungen und des Alternans)Die Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktElectrocardiographic interrelationship of the pre-excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White) syndrome and myocardial infarctionVentricular Activation in the Pre-Excitation Syndrome (Wolff-Parkinson-White)The diagnosis of myocardial infarction in patients with anomalous atrioventricular excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome)Myocardial infarction in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromeThe effect of atropine on the cardiac mechanism in anomalous atrioventricular conductionAcute myocardial infarction and the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromeModification of the electrocardiogram of myocardial infarction by anomalous atrioventricular excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome)Septal infarction with complete heart block and intermittent anomalous atrioventricular excitation (wolff-parkinson-white syndrome): Histologic demonstration of a right lateral bundleWolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with myocardial infarction: An experimental studyThe electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome 1 November 1944Volume 21, Issue 5Page: 907-912KeywordsElectrocardiographyGratitudeMyocardial infarction ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...