AURICULAR FLUTTER OF ELEVEN YEARS' DURATION WITH OBSERVATIONS ON ESOPHAGEAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS
Authors: Charles E. Kossmann, A. R. Berger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Case Reports1 July 1941AURICULAR FLUTTER OF ELEVEN YEARS' DURATION WITH OBSERVATIONS ON ESOPHAGEAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMSCHARLES E. KOSSMANN, M.D., A. R. BERGER, M.D.CHARLES E. KOSSMANN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. R. BERGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-1-128 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAuricular flutter in subjects without other evidence of cardiac disease is usually paroxysmal in type. Parkinson and Bedford1 had five cases of this nature, and Friedlander and Levine had three.2Sprague and White's case3 is unique. The patient was a 49-year-old male with auricular flutter which after five years returned spontaneously to normal sinus rhythm. Although evidence of heart disease was absent, the aorta was wide and tortuous, and suggested arteriosclerosis.Permanent auricular flutter in otherwise normal individuals is rare. Friedlander and Levine2observed for four years one 64-year-old patient who fits into this category. Lewis4had a patient whose...References1. PARKINSONBEDFORD JDE: The course and treatment of auricular flutter, Quart. Jr. Med., 1927, xxi, 21. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FRIEDLANDERLEVINE RDSA: Auricular fibrillation and flutter without evidence of organic heart disease, New England Jr. Med., 1934, ccxi, 624. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SPRAGUEWHITE HBPD: Auricular flutter. Report of a case of five years' duration with spontaneous restoration of normal rhythm, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xc, 1772. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LEWIS T: Auricular flutter continuing for twenty-four years, Brit. Med. Jr., 1937, i, 1248. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. PARKINSON J: Enlargement of the heart, Lancet, 1936, ccxxx, 1391. 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