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Wolff–Parkinson–White, n. Path.|ˌwʊlf ˌpɑːkɪnsən ˈhwaɪt| The names of American cardiologists Louis Wolff (1898–1972) and Paul D. White (1886–1973), and English cardiologist Sir John Parkinson (1885–1975), used attrib. as Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, to designate a congenital heart condition caused by the presence of an abnormal electrical connection between the auricles and ventricles and characterized by ventricular pre-excitation leading to a tendency to attacks of tachycardia.
[1935A. Fulchiero in Minerva Medica 10 Mar. 310/1 (heading) Sulla sindrome triaritmica di Wolf [sic], Parkinson e White. ]1935Q. Cumulative Index Medicus (Amer. Med. Assoc.) XVII. 591/2 (heading) Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. 1941Amer. Heart Jrnl. XXII. 401 For the present, because of the difficulty in describing the condition in a simple expression, it might be termed the ‘Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome’. 1978Brit. Heart Jrnl. XL. 581/1 The surgical approach to management of intractable tachyarrhythmias in the Wolff–Parkinson–White (WPW) syndrome..relies upon correct assessment and permanent disruption of abnormal atrioventricular muscular connections. 1989Lancet 3 June 1267/2 Junctional arrhythmias such as..tachycardias associated with the Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. |