2006-10-08 07:59:38 · 2 answers · asked by michigansweetie9096 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
WPW is a form of supraventricular tachycardia (fast heart rate originating above the ventricles).
When you have WPW, along with your normal conduction pathway, you have extra pathways called accessory pathways. They look like normal heart muscle, but they may:
* conduct impulses faster than normal
* conduct impulses in both directions
The impulses travel through the extra pathway (short cut) as well as the normal AV-HIS Purkinje system. The impulses can travel around the heart very quickly, in a circular pattern, causing the heart to beat unusually fast. This is called re-entry tachycardia
2006-10-08 08:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by crazzkc24 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An abberant pathway conducts impulses from the atria to the ventricle at times causing an episodes of tachycardia.
2006-10-08 15:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋