While Drs. Wolff, Parkinson, and White fully described the syndrome that bears their names in 1930, prior case reports had already described the essentials. Over the ensuing century this syndrome has captivated the interest of anatomists, clinical cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons. Stanley Kent described lateral muscular connections over the atrioventricular (AV) groove, which he felt were th...

Abstract Background The atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) is the most common associated with accessory pathways (APs). Although sporadic Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome has been well-described, AP occurrence in identical twins WPW remains rarely reported. Case presentation We report a case of 14-year-old monozygotic twin brothers referred for an electrophysiology (EP) study. Tw...

We report the case of a 17-year-old girl with toxic adenoma scheduled for surgery right lobectomy and isthmectomy of thyroid gland. During the examination before surgery, patient was diagnosed for the first time as having with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. In the operating room, after the induction of anesthesia, the electrocardiogram showed wide QRS complex tachycardia with a rate of 1...

245 Abstract During a routine examination, healthy, asymptomatic patients may present with conditions such as tachycardia. Appropriate diagnosis of WolffParkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, is important in determining risk for future arrhythmias or other complications. A 25-year-old, physically active, asymptomatic, African American male was detected with WPW during a pre-employment medical examina...