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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Image:wolffparkinsonwhite.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Louis Wolff, Sir John Parkinson and Paul Dudley, who discovered the phenomenon that later would be called the WPW syndrome]]
Described more than 50 yrs ago and named for John Parkinson, [[Paul Dudley White]] (Paul Dudley White is a M.G.H. physician, evaluated a series of 11 healthy young patients who had attacks of paroxysmal tachycardias in the presence of an EKG which showed a bundle branch block pattern with a short [[PR interval]]), and Louis Wolff.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|1019}}</ref><ref>L. Wolff, J. Parkinson, P. D. White. Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachyardia. American Heart Journal, St. Louis, 1930, 5: 685.</ref>
Described more than 50 yrs ago and named for John Parkinson, [[Paul Dudley White]] (Paul Dudley White is a M.G.H. physician, evaluated a series of 11 healthy young patients who had attacks of paroxysmal tachycardias in the presence of an EKG which showed a bundle branch block pattern with a short [[PR interval]]), and Louis Wolff.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|1019}}</ref><ref>L. Wolff, J. Parkinson, P. D. White. Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachyardia. American Heart Journal, St. Louis, 1930, 5: 685.</ref>
==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

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Louis Wolff, Sir John Parkinson and Paul Dudley, who discovered the phenomenon that later would be called the WPW syndrome

Described more than 50 yrs ago and named for John Parkinson, Paul Dudley White (Paul Dudley White is a M.G.H. physician, evaluated a series of 11 healthy young patients who had attacks of paroxysmal tachycardias in the presence of an EKG which showed a bundle branch block pattern with a short PR interval), and Louis Wolff.[1][2]

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  2. L. Wolff, J. Parkinson, P. D. White. Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachyardia. American Heart Journal, St. Louis, 1930, 5: 685.

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