EFFECTS OF GASTRIC AND INTESTINAL HYPERPERISTALSIS ON THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AS DEMONSTRATED BY SIMULTANEOUS MECHANOGRAMS AND INDIRECT AND SEMIDIRECT ELECTRIC LEADS
Authors: I. Harrison Tumpeer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 October 1936EFFECTS OF GASTRIC AND INTESTINAL HYPERPERISTALSIS ON THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AS DEMONSTRATED BY SIMULTANEOUS MECHANOGRAMS AND INDIRECT AND SEMIDIRECT ELECTRIC LEADSI. HARRISON TUMPEER, S.M., M.D.I. HARRISON TUMPEER, S.M., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-4-487 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRegistration of gastric and intestinal hyperperistalsis on the electrocardiogram has been reported in a previous study.1 The sources were the gastric activity in a baby with congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and the intestinal contractions in a child with congenital hypertrophic dilatation of the colon (Hirschsprung's disease), and in an elderly adult in whom borborygmi occurred in the course of a routine electrocardiogram. Hyperperistalsis was visible in the first two conditions and audible in the last.The peristaltic effect upon the electrocardiogram is not even considered in such a review as Esler and White's2nor is it mentioned in Mortensen's3study...References1. TUMPEERPHILLIPS IHB: Hyperperistaltic electrographic effects, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiv, 831-836. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ESLERWHITE JWPD: The distortion of the electrocardiogram by artefacts, Am. Heart Jr., 1929, iv, 296-304. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MORTENSEN MA: A study of 800 abnormal electrocardiograms and associated conditions, ANN. INT. MED., 1933, vi, 1308-1314. Google Scholar4. WENCKEBACHWINTERBERG KFH: Die unregelmässige Herztatigkeit, Tafelband, Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1927. (Figs. 63, 79, 206, 348.) Google Scholar5. ALVAREZ WC: The electrogastrogram and what it shows, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1922, lxxviii, 116. Google Scholar6. ALVAREZMAHONEY WCLJ: Action currents in stomach and intestine, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1922, lviii, 476-493. Peristaltic rush as depicted in the electroenterogram, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1924, lxix, 226-228. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BERKSONBALDESALVAREZ JEJWC: Electromyographic studies of the gastrointestinal tract. I. Correlation between mechanical movements and changes in electrical potential during rhythmic contractions of the intestine, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1932, cii, 683-692. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. RICHTER CP: Action currents from the stomach, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1924, lxvii, 612-633. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HASAMA B: Über die elektrischen Begleiterscheinungen der Dünndarmbewegungen, Arch. f. exper. Path. u. Pharmak., 1933, clxxiv, 182. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. PUESTOW CB: Simultaneous electrograms and myograms from isolated intestinal segments in unanesthetized dogs, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1932, xxix, 901. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BERKSON J: Electromyographic studies of the gastrointestinal tract. III. Observations on excised intestine, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1933, civ, 62-66. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. WIGGERS CJ: Pressure pulses in the cardiovascular system, 1928, Longmans, Green and Co., New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication February 6, 1936.From the Sarah Morris Hospital for Children and the Heart Station, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago.With the technical assistance of Bessie Phillips, Electrocardiographic Technician, Heart Station, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCinical Electrocardiography—Its Present Position and Possible PotentialitiesSimultaneous mechanograms and electrograms from the intact human subject, with notes on the effects of distention of the stomach on the conventional electrocardiogram 1 October 1936Volume 10, Issue 4Page: 487-494KeywordsCardiovascular physiologyChildrenColonElderlyElectrocardiographyGastroenterology and hepatologyHeartStenosisTechnicians ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...