What question did this study set out to answer?

To establish morbidity and mortality criteria in asymptomatic individuals with Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern on electrocardiograms.

February 29, 1968New England Journal of Medicine

The Wolff–Parkinson–White Electrocardiogram

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Otherwise healthy men with an asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) electrocardiographic pattern

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

five to 28 years

Authors

NBN BerkmanThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston LLLawrence E. LambAir University

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Implication

May inform risk stratification for asymptomatic WPW in men; leaves open need for prospective validation before practice change.

Key Points

To establish morbidity and mortality criteria in asymptomatic individuals with Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern on electrocardiograms.
Analyzed 320 case records of men with WPW pattern accumulated over five to 28 years.
Evaluated outcomes based on annual electrocardiograms conducted before 1961.
Identified long-term follow-up on morbidity in healthy individuals with WPW pattern.
Reported instances of cardiac arrhythmias associated with WPW in the cohort.

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Population

Otherwise healthy men with an asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) electrocardiographic pattern

Outcome

Morbidity and mortalityhard clinical

This study aims to establish criteria for long-term morbidity and mortality in otherwise healthy men with an asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) electrocardiographic pattern.

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Berkman et al. (1968) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a5b5e86971bccf1268c8e5 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196802292780906

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Atrial fibrillation Persistent AF management

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