ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS FOLLOWING CAROTID SINUS STIMULATION
Authors: W. Kendrick Purks
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 August 1939ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS FOLLOWING CAROTID SINUS STIMULATIONW. KENDRICK PURKS, M.D., F.A.C.P.W. KENDRICK PURKS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-2-270 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well recognized that "vagotonia" may have an important bearing upon several cardiac disorders such as auricular premature beats, heart block, and bundle-branch block. It is also accepted that activity of the carotid sinus reflex, among other things, results in increased vagus effect which may at times aid in controlling paroxysmal tachycardia. If the above facts alone did not indicate the desirability of giving much study to the carotid sinus reflex, certainly recent developments would do so. The fact that Weiss1and his associates in three years observed 56 patients who suffered from attacks of unconsciousness due to overactivity...Bibliography1. FERRISCAPPSWEISS EBRBS: Relation of the carotid sinus to the autonomic nervous system and the neuroses, Arch. Neur. and Psych., 1937, xxxvii, 365-384. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SMITH HL: Fainting attacks resulting from hypersensitive carotid sinus reflexes, Am. Heart Jr., 1937, xiv, 620. Google Scholar3. SIGLER LH: Clinical observations on the carotid sinus reflex. I. The frequency and the degree of response to carotid sinus pressure under various disease states, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 110. Idem: Clinical observations on the carotid sinus reflex. II. The response to carotid sinus pressure at various ages and heart rates and rhythms, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 118. Idem: Clinical observations on the carotid sinus reflex. III. The response to carotid sinus pressure in cases with and without precordial pain, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 125. Google Scholar4. SIGLER LH: Electrocardiographic observations on the carotid sinus reflex, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, ix, 782. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MOSESFEINSTEIN HMSS: Carotid sinus reflex hypersensitivity, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, viii, 1413. Google Scholar6. MISSALCRAIN MERB: Alternation phenomena in the electrocardiogram. Occurrence in a patient with active carotid sinus reflex, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, ii, 611. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WEISSBAKER SJP: The carotid sinus reflex in health and disease. Its role in the causation of fainting and convulsions, Medicine, 1933, xii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. PURKS WK: Further evidence in regard to functional bundle branch block, ANN. INT. MED., 1939, xii, 1105. Google Scholar9. WEISSBAKER SJP: Dizziness, fainting and convulsions due to hypersensitivity of the carotid sinus reflex, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1933, xxx, 614. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SIGLER LH: Further observations on the carotid sinus reflex, ANN. INT. MED., 1936, ix, 1380. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: W. KENDRICK PURKS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Vicksburg, Mississippi*Read at the New Orleans meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 28, 1939.From the Vicksburg Hospital and Clinic, Vicksburg, Mississippi. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byComparison of Treatment of Supraventricular Tachycardia by Valsalva Maneuver and Carotid Sinus MassageCarotid sinus hypersensitivity in patients presenting with syncope.Usefulness of carotid sinus pressure in detecting thesick sinus syndromePacemaker Therapy as a New Possibility for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Carotid Sinus SyncopeHyperactive carotid sinus reflex and his bundle electrographyDas Ekg der ratte unter hochdosierter60Co-BestrahlungThe cardioinhibitory carotid sinus reflexThe Carotid SinusThe Orthostatic Changes in the EGG and the Heart RateDie Rhythmusstörungen des Herzens (einschließlich der intramuralen Leitungsstörungen und des Alternans)The carotid sinus syndromeEffect of Carotid Sinus Stimulation on the Electrocardiograms of Clinically Normal IndividualsTHE CARDIOINHIBITORY CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME*ARTHUR J. DRAPER, M.D.Vasomotor Reactions in Valsalva's Experiment II�ber die reflektorische Beeinflussung des Herzens in ihrer Abh�ngigkeit von der Reaktionslage des vegetativen NervensystemsExperimentelle Untersuchungen zur Deutung des "gastrokardialen Symptomenkomplexes"Kasuistik 1 August 1939Volume 13, Issue 2 Page: 270-279 Keywords Electrocardiography Heart diseases Hospitals Reflexes Tachycardia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...