Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome

Classification according to ICD-10
I45.6	Pre-excitation syndrome Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome is a 1952 by Lown , Ganong and Levine described syndrome from the group of Präexzitationssyndrome . The clinical diagnosis was made if the following criteria were present: seizure-like palpitations (paroxysmal tachycardia ), a shortened conduction time in the ECG (PQ time <120 ms) with a normally configured chamber complex ( QRS complex ). The last point separates the LGL syndrome from the classic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW syndrome), which by definition has a delta wave .

The original assumption that the LGL syndrome is based on a clear, defined disorder in the conduction system, such as the z. B. is the case with WPW syndrome, has so far not been proven in electrophysiological studies.

The clinical significance of the LGL syndrome is minor, especially since, since the introduction of the electrophysiological examination of the conduction system, an exact clarification of the underlying cause of a pre-excitation syndrome can be carried out.

See also

• Pre-excitation
• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

literature

• DM Beyerbach among others: Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome. (Overview)
• G. Herold: Internal Medicine . 2007, pp. 255f.

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