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WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE syndrome is an electrocardiographic abnormality in which a short PR interval is associated with a prolonged QRS complex. The syndrome may occur in isolation, as a familial trait, or with structural cardiac defects or cardiomyopathy. Supraventricular tachycardia is the usual presenting feature.
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Beighton, P., Beighton, G. (1997). WHITE, Paul Dudley. In: The Person Behind the Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0925-9_96
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