CAROTID SINUS REFLEX HYPERSENSITIVITY
Authors: Henry Monroe Moses, Sol S. Feinstein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 May 1935CAROTID SINUS REFLEX HYPERSENSITIVITYHENRY MONROE MOSES, A.M., M.D., F.A.C.P., SOL S. FEINSTEIN, B.S., M.D.HENRY MONROE MOSES, A.M., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SOL S. FEINSTEIN, B.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-11-1413 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is not unusual to see patients who present symptoms of fainting, nausea, vomiting and convulsions without the presence on examination of any obvious pathological condition which might explain these attacks. The relation of disturbances of the function of the carotid sinus to the appearance of such symptoms has been not infrequently noted in the recent literature,1, 2 but our knowledge of the clinical phenomena in such cases is still fragmentary. It seems timely therefore to report certain observations made in two patients on the writers' service at the Kings County Hospital.CASE REPORTSCase 1. A 45 year old...Bibliography1. ABBOTTSTEPHENSON ACE: Tumor of carotid body, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934. ciii, 21-24. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Editorial, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 31. Google Scholar3. PARRY CH: An inquiry into the symptoms and causes of syncope anginosa, commonly called angina pectoris, 1799, R. Cruttwell, Bath. Google Scholar4. WALLER A: Experimental researches on the functions of the vagus and the cervical sympathetic nerves in man, Proc. Royal Soc., 1862, xi, 302. Google Scholar5. CZERMAK J: Über mechanische Vagus Reizung beim Menschen, Jenaische Ztschr. f. Med. u. Naturwiss., 1866, ii, 384. Google Scholar6. SOLLMANBROWN TED: The blood pressure fall produced by traction on the carotid artery, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1912-13, xxx, 88-104. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HERING HE: Werden heim Vagus Druckversuch die Herzhemmenden Vagusfasern direct oder indirect Erregt? Verhandl. d. deutsch. Gesellsch. f. inn. Med., 1923, xxxv, 93. Google Scholar8. HERING HE: Die Karotissimusreflexe auf Herz und Gefässe, vom normal-physiologischen, pathologisch-physiologischen und klinischen Standpunkt, 1927, Th. Steinkopff, Dresden and Leipzig. Google Scholar9. SCHMIDT CF: Carotid sinus reflexes to respiratory center; identification, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1932, cii, 94-118. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. WEISSBAKER SJP: Carotid sinus in health and disease, Medicine, 1933, xii, 297-354. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. NATHANSON MH: Effect of drugs on cardiac standstill induced by pressure on carotid sinus, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, li, 387-402. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. STARLING HJ: Heart block influenced by vagus, Heart, 1921, viii, 31. Google Scholar13. LEWIS T: Lecture on vasovagal syncope and carotid sinus mechanism, Brit. Med. Jr., 1932, i, 873-876. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. HAMILTONMOOREKINSMANSPURLING WFJWJMRG: Studies on circulation, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1932, xcix, 534-551. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. HILL IG: Stimulation of vagus nerve and carotid sinus in man, Quart. Jr. Exper. Physiol., 1932, xxii, 79-93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. HAY J: Bradycardia and cardiac arrhythmia produced by depression of certain of the functions of the heart, Lancet, 1906, i, 139-143. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication September 22, 1934.From the Medical Service, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 May 1935Volume 8, Issue 11Page: 1413-1420KeywordsConvulsionsHypersensitivityMedical servicesNauseaReflexesSyncopeVomiting ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...