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[[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]] | [[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> | ||
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Overview
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]
References
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- ↑ 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.