THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SYNDROME FOLLOWING PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA
Authors: J G SMITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 September 1949THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SYNDROME FOLLOWING PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIAJOHN G. SMITH, M.D.JOHN G. SMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-3-504 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSevere and prolonged abnormalities of the limb and chest leads in the electrocardiogram may follow paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, and have led to serious errors in diagnosis. This report deals with the occurrence of an electrocardiographic syndrome following an attack of paroxysmal tachycardia, apparently ventricular in origin, developing in a healthy young male without demonstrable evidence of organic heart disease. The literature has been recently and ably reviewed by Smith,1who cited 26 cases of this electrocardiographic syndrome accumulated since early interest was aroused by Burak and Scherf,2and Graybiel and White.3It is the purpose of this report further to...Bibliography1. SMITH LB: Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia followed by electrocardiographic syndrome: with a report of a case, Am. Heart Jr., 1946, xxxii, 257. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BURAKSCHERF MD: Quoted from SCHERF, D., and BOYD, L. J.: Clinical electrocardiography, 1941, Second Edition, The C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, p. 138. Google Scholar3. GRAYBIELWHITE APD: Inversion of the T wave in Lead I or II of the electrocardiogram in young individuals with neurocirculatory asthenia, with thyrotoxicosis, in relation to certain infections and following paroxysmal tachycardia, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, x, 345. Google Scholar4. ANDERSEN MC: Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, clxxxi, 309. Google Scholar5. SCOTT RW: Observations on a case of ventricular tachycardia with retrograde conduction, Heart, 1922, ix, 297. Google Scholar6. STRAUSS MB: Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxix, 337. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WILSONWISHARTMACLEODBARKER FHSWAGPS: A clinical type of paroxysmal tachycardia of ventricular origin in which paroxysms are induced by exertion, Am. Heart Jr., 1932, viii, 155. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. KATZ LN: Electrocardiography, 1946, Second Edition, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 634. Google Scholar9. ASHMANHULL RE: Essentials of electrocardiography, 1937, First Edition, Macmillan Co., New York, p. 93 and 205. Google Scholar10. GRAYBIELMCFARLANDGATESWEBSTER ARADCFA: Analysis of the electrocardiograms obtained from 1000 young healthy aviators, Am. Heart Jr., 1944, xxvii, 524. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. HALLSTEWARTMANNING GECBGW: The electrocardiographic records of 2,000 RCAF aircrew, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1942, xlvi, 226. Google Scholar12. COSSIOVEDOYABERCONSKY PRI: Modifications of the electrocardiogram following certain attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia, Rev. argent. de cardiol., 1944, xi, 164. Google Scholar13. LEWISORURYWEDDILIESCU TANAMCC: Observations upon the action of certain drugs upon fibrillation of the auricles, Heart, 1922, ix, 207. Google Scholar14. DELEVETTPOINDEXTER AFCA: Plasma concentrations of quinidine with particular reference to therapeutically effective levels in two cases of paroxysmal nodal tachycardia, Am. Heart Jr., 1946, xxxii, 697. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rocky Mount, North Carolina*Received for publication February 24, 1948.From Boice-Willis Clinic, Park View Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1949Volume 31, Issue 3Page: 504-511KeywordsCardiovascular therapyElectrocardiographyHospitalsTachycardiaThoraxVentricular tachycardia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...