PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER DISEASE
Authors: T N STERN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 September 1957PAROXYSMAL VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER DISEASETHOMAS N. STERN, M.D.THOMAS N. STERN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-3-552 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptVentricular fibrillation was first clinically demonstrated on a dying heart.1Since that time it has been held to be a sign of grave prognostic significance. For many years it was described chiefly as an accidental finding demonstrated on an electrocardiogram at the time of death. However, scattered cases appeared in the literature in which the patient did not die immediately after onset of fibrillation. The series of Parkinson2first demonstrated that ventricular fibrillation could be a cause for Adams-Stokes syndrome. In a recent review of Adams-Stokes syndrome caused by paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation,351 cases were found up until 1952. Average...Bibliography1. Robinson GC: A study with the electrocardiograph of the mode of death of the human heart, J. Exper. Med. 16: 291, 1912. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. ParkinsonPappEvans JCW: The electrocardiogram of the Stokes-Adams attack, Brit. Heart J. 3: 171, 1941. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RobertsonMatthews ESEC: Paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation producing Adams-Stokes syndrome, Arch. Int. Med. 90: 320, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ArmbrustLevine CASA: Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia: a study of 107 cases, Circulation 1: 28, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. CookeWhite WTPD: Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, Brit. Heart J. 5: 33, 1943. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Dock W: Transitory ventricular fibrillation as a cause of syncope, and its prevention by quinidine sulfate, Am. Heart J. 4: 709, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Bjerlov H: A case of ventricular fibrillation recovered, Acta med. Scandinav. Suppl. 50: 121, 1931. Google Scholar8. Bechgaard P: Paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation with recovery, Acta med. Scandinav. 132: 9, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Moe T: Morgagni-Adams-Stokes attacks caused by transient recurrent ventricular fibrillation in a patient without apparent organic heart disease, Am. Heart J. 37: 811, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Storstein O: Adams-Stokes attacks caused by ventricular fibrillation in a man with an otherwise normal heart, Acta med. Scandinav. 133: 437, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Wiggers CJ: The mechanism and nature of ventricular fibrillation, Am. Heart J. 20: 399, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. ZollLinenthalNorman PMAJLR: Treatment of Stokes-Adams disease by external electric stimulation of the heart, Circulation 9: 482, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. SchwartzMargoliesFirenze SPMDA: Transient ventricular fibrillation. V: The effects of oral administrations of quinidine sulfate in patients with transient ventricular fibrillation during established atrioventricular dissociations, Am. Heart J. 45: 404, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Filho E, quoted in Lepeschkin, E.: Modern electrocardiography, 1951, Williams and Wilkins Company, Baltimore. Google Scholar15. RosenbaumLepeschkin ME: The effect of ventricular systole on auricular rhythm in auriculo-ventricular block, Circulation 11: 240, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication April 3, 1956.From the Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, and the John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Thomas N. Stern, M.D., 899 Madison Avenue, Memphis 3, Tennessee. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byS PONTANEOUSLY T ERMINATING V ENTRICULAR F IBRILLATION IN THE P REHOSPITAL S ETTINGVentricular fibrillation in six adults without overt heart diseaseIdiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest SurvivorsIdiopathic ventricular fibrillationVentricular fibrillation in six adults without overt heart diseaseTHE LONG Q-T SYNDROMEElectric control of the heartElectric control of the heartIdiopathic recurrent ventricular fibrillation∗Disorders of ConsciousnessDrug Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias 1 September 1957Volume 47, Issue 3Page: 552-561KeywordsAtrial fibrillationElectrocardiographyHospital medicineVentricular fibrillation ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...