Define succumbing. succumbing synonyms, succumbing pronunciation, succumbing translation, English dictionary definition of succumbing. intr.v. sucÂ·cumbed , sucÂ·cumbÂ·ing , sucÂ·cumbs 1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in.
Ventricular pre-excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern) Louis Wolff, Sir John Parkinson and Paul Dudley White, who discovered the phenomenon that later would be called the WPW syndrome. The upstroke of the QRS-complex is 'slurred', resulting in a delta-wave (arrow).
WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome) Description Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW for short) is a syndrome in which pre-excitation of the ventricles can occur due to impulses traveling through an accessory pathway in the heart from the atria to the ventricles. The arrow in the diagram below points to an area of the heart where this may typically occur.