Preexcitation syndrome

Introduction: Preexcitation syndrome

Description of Preexcitation syndrome

Preexcitation syndrome (medical condition): Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia) caused by a conduction abnormality in the heart. ...more

Preexcitation syndrome: See also:

Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome:
  »Introduction: Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome
  »Symptoms of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome
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Preexcitation syndrome: Conditions characterized by activation of the whole or some part of the ventricle by the atrial impulse earlier than would be expected if the impulse reached the ventricle by way of the normal specific conduction system only.
Source: Diseases Database

Preexcitation syndrome: Conditions characterized by activation of the whole or some part of the ventricle by the atrial impulse earlier than would be expected if the impulse reached the ventricle by way of the normal specific conduction system only.
Source: MeSH 2007

Preexcitation syndrome: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Preexcitation syndrome:

• Preexcitation
• Preexcitation syndrome
• SYN
• Wolff
• Parkinson
• Parkinson disease
• White (69 causes)
• White disease

Preexcitation syndrome: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Preexcitation syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Preexcitation syndrome, or a subtype of Preexcitation syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Preexcitation syndrome as a Disease

Preexcitation syndrome: Another name for Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome
  »Symptoms of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome
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Preexcitation syndrome: Related Diseases

Preexcitation syndrome: Preexcitation syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Heart conditions
• Arrhythmias
• Chest conditions
• Heart rhythm conditions
• Circulatory system conditions

Causes of Preexcitation syndrome

Some of the causes of Preexcitation syndrome are included in the list below:

• Mahaim-type preexcitation
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome

Read more about causes of Preexcitation syndrome (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)

Symptoms of Preexcitation syndrome (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Preexcitation syndrome incude:

• Chest pain
• Dizziness
• Temporary syncope
• Palpitations
• Irregular heart rate

See full list of 24 symptoms of Preexcitation syndrome (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)

Treatments for Preexcitation syndrome (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)

Treatments for Preexcitation syndrome (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome) include:

• Medications
• Surgery

Read more about treatments for Preexcitation syndrome

Treatment of Preexcitation syndrome: For more treatment information about Preexcitation syndrome, see treatment of Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome (Preexcitation syndrome)

Preexcitation syndrome: Article Excerpts about Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome

Abnormal pathways between the atria and ventricles cause the electrical signal to arrive at the ventricles too soon and to... (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Arrhythmia: NHLBI)

Preexcitation syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Preexcitation syndrome:

• Ebstein's anomaly
• long QT syndrome
• pre-excitation syndrome
• atrial fibrillation
• ventricular fibrillation
• atrial flutter
• mitochondrial disease
• tachyarrthymias
• supraventricular tachycardia
• calcium channel blockers

Terms associated with Preexcitation syndrome:

Terms Similar to Preexcitation syndrome:

• Cardiac preexcitation syndrome

Source: Diseases Database

• WPW syndrome
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Anomalous ventricular excitation syndrome
• Auriculoventricular accessory pathway syndrome
• False bundle-branch block syndrome

Source - NIH

More specific terms for Preexcitation syndrome:

• Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome
• Pre-Excitation, Mahaim-Type
• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Preexcitation syndrome

• Arrhythmia

Source - MeSH 2007

For a description of Preexcitation syndrome, see:

• Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Preexcitation syndrome

The following list attempts to classify Preexcitation syndrome into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Heart Diseases
    • Arrhythmia
      • Pre-Excitation Syndromes

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