THE CARDIOINHIBITORY CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME
Authors: A J DRAPER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 April 1950THE CARDIOINHIBITORY CAROTID SINUS SYNDROMEARTHUR J. DRAPER, M.D.ARTHUR J. DRAPER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-4-700 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOf interest for years as a readily demonstrable etiologic factor in certain cases of syncopal or convulsive attacks, the cardioinhibitory carotid sinus syndrome has itself fallen under suspicion as a manifestation of myocardial disease. This report concerns 11 unselected patients seen by the author within the past year and a half whose presenting complaint was fainting or giddiness and whose symptoms were reproduced by mechanical stimulation of the carotid sinus. 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