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[[Image:wpw_full_ecg.jpg|thumb| WPW on a 12 lead ECG.]] | [[Image:wpw_full_ecg.jpg|thumb| WPW on a 12 lead ECG.]] | ||
[[Image:wpw_full_ecg2.jpg|thumb| Another example of pre-exitation on a 12 lead ECG.]] | [[Image:wpw_full_ecg2.jpg|thumb| Another example of pre-exitation on a 12 lead ECG.]] | ||
[[Image:wpw_full_ecg3.png|thumb| WPW op een volledig ECG.]] | |||
In 1930 Louis Wolff, Sir John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White described 11 patients who suffered from bouts of tachcyardias. Their ECGs showed two abnormalities: a short PQ time and a delta-wave. | In 1930 Louis Wolff, Sir John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White described 11 patients who suffered from bouts of tachcyardias. Their ECGs showed two abnormalities: a short PQ time and a delta-wave. | ||
Ever since one speaks of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in patients with complaints of syncope and or tachycardia and a WPW pattern on the ECG. Not all patients with a WPW ''pattern'' on the ECG are symptomatic. The prevalence of the WPW pattern is relatively common in the general population about 0.15-0.25%. | Ever since one speaks of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in patients with complaints of syncope and or tachycardia and a WPW pattern on the ECG. Not all patients with a WPW ''pattern'' on the ECG are symptomatic. The prevalence of the WPW pattern is relatively common in the general population about 0.15-0.25%. | ||