ABNORMAL RHYTHMS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC SURGERY AND THEIR TREATMENT
Authors: J S BUTTERWORTH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 November 1953ABNORMAL RHYTHMS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC SURGERY AND THEIR TREATMENTJ. SCOTT BUTTERWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.J. SCOTT BUTTERWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-5-1088 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInterest in abnormal cardiac rhythms occurring during surgical procedures has been stimulated in recent years by demonstration that many of these rhythms can be controlled or converted to a normal mechanism by proper therapy—drug, mechanical or electrical. With the emphasis at the present time on cardiac catheterization, angiocardiography and cardiac surgery, these abnormal rhythms have become more common due to mechanical irritation of the heart; therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of these arrhythmias have been the subject of much investigation, with resulting great improvement in technics.DIAGNOSISThe abnormal rhythms associated with cardiac catheterization and surgery are, in general, similar...Bibliography1. Proudfit WL: Personal communication. Google Scholar2. ButterworthPoindexter JSCA: The esophageal electrocardiogram in arrhythmias and tachycardias, Am. Heart J. 32: 681, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. KelleyKeeganKatter RTCEGW: The value of intravenous procaine amide in the treatment of tachycardias, Am. Heart J. 41: 851, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Lief PA: Problems in anesthesia for surgery on the heart and great vessels, New York State J. Med. 52: 1859, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. JosephHelrichKaydenOrkinRovenstein SAMHJLEA: Procaine amide for prophylaxis and therapy of cardiac arrhythmias occurring during thoracic surgery, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 93: 75, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. SchwartzHallingerImperialli SPLA: Transient ventricular fibrillation, Circulation 6: 193, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. AciernoGrubnerPoliakoff LJRB: Arrhythmias produced by intravenous procaine amide, New York State J. Med. 53: 72, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. HincheyStraehley PRCJ: Cardiac arrest in the operating room, New England J. Med. 247: 1003, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. HanksPapper ECEM: Cardiac resuscitation, New York State J. Med. 52: 1801, 1952. Google Scholar10. KayBlalock JHA: The use of calcium chloride in the treatment of cardiac arrest in patients, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 93: 97, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. GutonSatterfield ACJ: Factors concerned in electrical defibrillation of the heart, particularly through the unopened chest, Am. J. Physiol. 167: 81, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Zoll PM: Resuscitation of the heart in ventricular standstill by external electrical stimulation, New England J. Med. 247: 768, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*From the Symposium on Cardiac Surgery presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 17, 1953. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPostoperative physiopathologic results in mitral stenosisThe Responsibility of the General Thoracic Surgeon in Cardiac SurgeryA study of quinidine dosage in infants and children 1 November 1953Volume 39, Issue 5Page: 1088-1095KeywordsAngiocardiographyArrhythmiaCardiac surgeryCatheterizationThoracic surgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...