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What is the Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome.

What is the Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome.

If the electrical signals to the ventricles too soon, it is called Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome is a disorder of the heart's electrical signals.

It can be diagnosed from the ECG. It is found that the conductivity of the cutoff between the atria to the ventricles and then to add another channel.



This is the normal conductivity. SA, which started from the top left of the picture. (Located in the right auricle it), then the signal will be sent to the left atria and the AV before it is sent to the two ventricles.

But in the Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome, which is a short lane to another lane. Then squeeze the heart's rhythm.

Patients found to have a heart squeezing it. Drowsiness or dizziness may shake the air. Sometimes it carries blood to the heart, squeezing the organs is not enough.

Treatment

Most have no symptoms. May not need treatment. But if I squeeze it. I may need therapy. However, sometimes the drug may not work here. And may need to be tested for electrical conductivity of the heart to.

The method of treatment using a catheter to destroy it, which is a shortcut to power it. To the risk of heart arrhythmias compression. The effect of treatment with a variety of factors.

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