What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome commonly known as?

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is commonly known as ventricular preexcitation syndrome because it is characterized by an abnormal conduction pathway that allows electrical impulses to bypass the normal delay at the atrioventricular (AV) node, leading to early activation of the ventricles. This phenomenon causes the ventricles to be excited earlier than they would be with normal conduction pathways, hence the term "preexcitation."

In this syndrome, an accessory pathway, often referred to as the Bundle of Kent, connects the atria and ventricles and facilitates this early conduction. This unique conduction pattern can lead to arrhythmias, including reentrant tachycardias.

While reentrant tachycardia and supraventricular tachycardia can occur in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome due to the presence of the accessory pathway, these terms refer more to specific types of arrhythmias rather than the syndrome itself. Accessory conduction defect is a more general term that could apply to various conditions involving extra conduction pathways, but it does not specifically capture the characteristic ventricular preexcitation associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Therefore, the most accurate term to describe Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is indeed ventricular