DISTURBANCES OF RATE AND RHYTHM IN ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS
Authors: Arthur M. Master, Simon Dack, Harry L. Jaffe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 November 1937DISTURBANCES OF RATE AND RHYTHM IN ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSISARTHUR M. MASTER, M.D., F.A.C.P., SIMON DACK, M.D., HARRY L. JAFFE, M.D.ARTHUR M. MASTER, M.D., F.A.C.P., SIMON DACK, M.D., HARRY L. JAFFE, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-5-735 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONInvestigators1-5during the nineteenth century observed that ligation of the coronary arteries in animals very frequently produced cardiac arrhythmias either transient or severe enough to cause cardiac standstill, but their exact nature was not defined until the beginning of the present century. In 1909, Lewis6reported that after ligation of the left coronary artery multiple premature beats were recorded by venous pulse and electrocardiographic tracings. 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