Talk:Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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...I wonder how this article would look on the Wikipedia in Simple English. It looks extremely jargon-laden to me. -pne 15:49, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Added image

Added a pretty picture showing some classic EKG changes.

[edit] Re-write

Article pretty much re-written (except for the first paragraph). Not to simplify the language, but to increase the content. WPW syndrome, like most medical diseases, is extremely complex. If someone doesn't understand a term, we can create an article to define the term. Ksheka 00:53, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I liked the original image better, especially how it points to the different abnormal characteristics.

[edit] Intro paragraph

Will someone please change the intro text?! I just came here looking to learn about it and cannot tell what it's supposed to be with all of the medical terms. Pre-excitation, what's that? Aaрон Кинни (t) 07:47, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genetics

Some WPW syndrome cases are genetic, there is some PD information on that here. --Peta 02:27, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable patient

Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge was recently diagnosed with this condition[1]. I'll let others decide if that information is appropriate for the article. --216.99.203.216 05:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger Proposal

Bundle of Kent is at best an offshoot of this article, and is barely a stub... I feel it could be integrated here pretty easily... If I don't get too much negative feedback, I'll merge them in a few weeks? Toombes 05:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I think so too, the WPW article is not so big, when user searches for bundle of kent, he will find it easy in WPW. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.196.147.187 (talk) 01:51, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree. So far as I know, clinically WPW is the only pathology related to B of K. (P Bryner, RN) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.229.184.54 (talk) 22:36, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I'll move it over and then redirect Bundle of Kent to the appropriate section. (EhJJ)TALK 19:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is Blair Really Diagnosed as WPW?

The reference given by article for Blair's illness redirects to a BBC news. However, in this news article the illness is referred as an atrial flutter, not WPW syndrome. Altough atrial flutters and fibrillations could be seen with pre-excitation syndromes, patients diagnosed as atrial flutter usually does not have WPW. These conditions are seperate. So, either the article is incorrect, or a reference is given erronously.212.156.37.18 17:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I noticed that too. Lets take Blair off the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.122.43.251 (talk) 17:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capital S for syndrome, Its a title.

wnated to change it but i dont know if other links will still lead to it, like the category:syndrome, list. Some body who knows better should thou. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.196.147.187 (talk) 02:01, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Disagree. Wikipedia's convention on article titles is that lower case should be used except for names, etc. In this case, it's called "Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome" and not "Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome", so name should remain as-is, with a lower case "s". (EhJJ)TALK 19:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Change tachydysrhythmia

Should tachydysrhythmia in the treatment paragraph be changed to Tachycardia currently the link is broken —Preceding unsigned comment added by Student54 (talk • contribs) 13:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)