Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Wolff- Parkinson-White Syndrome (also known as WPW or arrhythmias) is when a person is born with an extra electrical pathway in the heart that causes a rapid heartbeat. WPW is a chronic disorder, and can last years, or be life long. This syndrome is a genetic disorder and is found at birth. (Usually inherited from a parent) WPW is not a life threatening disorder, but it can lead to heart problems that can cause death later in life. Everyone including infants can experience symptoms from WPW, but the symptoms first appear often in people’s teens or twenties. Some of these symptoms may include, sensation of rapid or constant heartbeat, dizziness or lightheadedness, shortness of breath, fatigue, and anxiety. More serious cases may occur as well, this happens to about ten to thirty percent of people that have WPW. These…

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The following are some of the types of arrhythmias: Premature atrial contractions, sometimes called PAC or APC, or premature supraventricular contractions: This happens when another part of the atria sends an electrical impulse soon after the previous beat, causing the heart to contract earlier than expected. This arrhythmia is a very common occurrence in all ages and usually is not serious. Supraventricular tachycardia, or paroxysmal SVT or PSVT: SVToccurs when any structure above the…

(Ashley EA, Raxwal VK, Froelicher VF). The normal T wave is asymmetric with the first half moving more slowly than the second half and is always upright in leads I, II, V3-6; inverted in lead aVR; and variable in leads III, aVL, aVF, and V1” (William Brady2014). A normal T wave peaks toward the end instead of the middle (Maria Luisa Duarte). The other leads are variable depending on the direction of the QRS and the age of the patient. The causes of T-wave inversions have commonly been…

Profile Assignment Throughout our family we have always had heart disease in our genes, on both my mom’s side and my dad’s. I was lucky enough not to get it, but my brother wasn’t. My brother, Dante was born with no heartbeat the doctors took him out right away and revived him. They did tests and found out he had wolff parkinson white and long q t syndrome. A heart disease that mostly starts happening when he does physical movements. His heart will start to be very fast, up to over 400 beats per…

Hereditary diseases are genetic disorders that occur when mutated genes carrying certain mutations are transferred from parents onto an offspring. Genes are the factors that codes for proteins and deficient form of gene cause due to mutation in genes give rise to deficient form of protein. Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a hereditary disease. WPW syndrome causes chronic heart disease which is associated with ventricular pre-excitation and a thicker ventricle muscle. Patients with the…