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A member asked:

Been on propranolol 20 mg 2 x daily for wolff parkinson white syndrome. everyone tells me it's unsafe to take beta blocker for wpw? is this true?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Depends: There are different types of WPW. You should query YOUR CARDIOLOGIST and seek the opinion of a cardiologist who has done subspecialty training in HEART RHYTHM disease with expertise in RFA (radio frequency ablation).

Dr Munshower agreed

Answered 12/20/2016

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No : But ablation is the first line treatment not drugs

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/5/2019

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