Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia Associated With Short P-R Intervals and Prolonged QRS Complexes

Case Reports1 May 1946PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT P-R INTERVALS AND PROLONGED QRS COMPLEXESMORRIS E. MISSAL, DOUGLAS J. WOOD, SIDNEY D. LEOMORRIS E. MISSAL, DOUGLAS J. WOOD, SIDNEY D. LEOAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-911 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough earlier writers,1, 2, 3 had discussed the syndrome of short P-R intervals and widened QRS complexes, proper clinical evaluation of the problem was not accomplished until the paper of Wolff, Parkinson, and White,4 by whose names the syndrome is frequently known. These earlier papers referred to the relative frequency of associated paroxysmal auricular tachycardia or auricular fibrillation.Recently interest has been renewed in the syndrome because of its occurrence with paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 14, 1945.From the Medical Service, AAF Regional Station Hospital, Army Air Base, Richmond, Virginia. 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