Short P-R Interval Associated With Prolongation of QRS Complex; A Clinical Study Demonstrating Interesting Variations

Article1 July 1944SHORT P-R INTERVAL ASSOCIATED WITH PROLONGATION OF QRS COMPLEX; A CLINICAL STUDY DEMONSTRATING INTERESTING VARIATIONSOSCAR A. PALATUCCI, JAMES E. KNIGHTONOSCAR A. PALATUCCI, JAMES E. KNIGHTONAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-1-58 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBecause of the recent interest in the syndrome of the short P-R interval associated with a prolonged QRS complex, without organic heart disease (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome), as evinced by the publication of several articles on this subject in the past two years, it is desired to add four other cases to the rapidly growing list of reports. In accordance with the sex predominance previously reported1all of these have occurred in healthy, young male subjects. Other characteristics include absence of definite organic heart disease, slurring of the initial ventricular deflection, a peculiar susceptibility to attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia, either supraventricular or...Bibliography1. BUTTERWORTHPOINDEXTER JSCA: Short P-R interval associated with a prolonged QRS complex, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxix, 437. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BISHOP LF: Bundle branch block with short P-R interval in individuals without organic heart disease: case report with review of literature, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciv, 794. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HUNTERPAPPPARKINSON ACJ: The syndrome of short P-R interval, apparent bundle branch block, and associated paroxysmal tachycardia, Brit. Heart Jr., 1940, ii, 107. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WOLFERTHWOOD CCFC: The mechanism of production of short P-R intervals and prolonged QRS complexes in patients with presumably undamaged hearts: hypothesis of an accessory pathway of auriculo-ventricular conduction (Bundle of Kent), Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WOLFERTHWOOD CCFC: Further observations on the mechanism of the production of a short P-R interval in association with prolongation of the QRS complex, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xxii, 450. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HARTWELLBURRETTGRAYBIELWHITE ASJBAPD: The effect of exercise and of four commonly used drugs on normal human electrocardiogram, with particular reference to T wave changes, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1942, xxi, 409. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SPRAGUE HB: Modern concepts of cardiovascular disease, 1941, x, 10. Google Scholar8. FOXTRAVELLMOLOFSKY TTJL: Action of digitalis on conduction in the syndrome of short P-R interval and prolonged QRS complex, Arch. Int. Med., 1943, lxxi, 206. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LEVINEBEESON SAPB: The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, with paroxysms of ventricular tachycardia, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xxii, 401. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 27, 1943. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMimics of ventricular tachycardia associated with the W-P-W syndromeWolff-Parkinson-White syndromeDie Rhythmusstörungen des Herzens (einschließlich der intramuralen Leitungsstörungen und des Alternans)The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome associated with paroxysmal ventricular tachycardiaA case of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with paroxysmal ventricular tachycardiaThe effect of atropine on the cardiac mechanism in anomalous atrioventricular conductionVentricular Tachycardia during Cardiac Catheterization of Patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White SyndromeModification of the electrocardiogram of myocardial infarction by anomalous atrioventricular excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome)The electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromeWolff-Parkinson-White syndrome 1 July 1944Volume 21, Issue 1Page: 58-69KeywordsCardiovascular therapyTachycardia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...