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Developmental Aspects and Natural History of Preexcitation Syndromes

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Cardiac Preexcitation Syndromes

Abstract

As reviewed in the preceding chapter by Howard Burchell, our knowledge of preexcitation syndromes began retrospectively with the anatomic descriptions of Kent [1]. However, many years passed before a clinical application [2] and even longer before a functional-morphologic correlation [3–5] was made for these structures. Subsequently, morphologic descriptions of other potential substrates (i.e. nodoventricular connections, atriofascicular tracts, etc.) for ventricular preexcitation have also been made (Figure 2-1) [6–10].

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  1. Section of Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Mayo Memorial Building, Box 341, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    David G. Benditt M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine) (Associate Professor of Medicine)

  2. Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Mayo Memorial Building, Box 94, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    D. Woodrow Benson Jr. M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Dunnigan, A. (1986). Developmental Aspects and Natural History of Preexcitation Syndromes. In: Benditt, D.G., Benson, D.W. (eds) Cardiac Preexcitation Syndromes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7526-5_2

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