Transvenous Atrial Pacing in the Treatment of Refractory Ventricular Irritability
Authors: JOHN A. KASTOR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Case Studies1 May 1967Transvenous Atrial Pacing in the Treatment of Refractory Ventricular IrritabilityJOHN A. KASTOR, M.D., ROMAN W. DESANCTIS, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. WARREN HARTHORNE, M.D., F.A.C.P., GABRIEL H. SCHWARTZ, M.D.JOHN A. KASTOR, M.D., ROMAN W. DESANCTIS, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. WARREN HARTHORNE, M.D., F.A.C.P., GABRIEL H. SCHWARTZ, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-5-939 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAmong the most challenging and potentially fatal problems in medicine is that of repetitive ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation that cannot be suppressed with the usual antiarrhythmic drugs. When this problem arises in the course of complete atrioventricular (AV) block, it usually can be eliminated by pacing the ventricles at a rate that prevents ventricular ectopic activity from emerging (1).Recently Sowton, Leatham, and Carson (2) and Heiman and Helwig (3) have reported the successful use of rapid intracardiac pacing by means of electrodes positioned in either the right ventricle or right atrium to manage refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias even in...References1. ZOLLLINENTHAL PMAJ: Long-term electric pacemakers for Stokes-Adams disease (editorial). Circulation 22: 341, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. SOWTONLEATHAMCARSON EAP: The suppression of arrhythmias by artificial pacemaking. Lancet 2: 1098, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. HEIMANHELWIG DFJ: Suppression of ventricular arrhythmias by transvenous intracardiac pacing. JAMA 195: 1150, 1966. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, MassachusettsFrom the Departments of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts General Hospital (Cardiac Unit), Boston, Mass.This study was supported in part by training grant HE 5196-10, the U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.Dr. Kastor is a teaching fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School, and a clinical and research fellow in medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Dr. Schwartz is a fellow in medicine, Cornell University Medical College.Portions of this report were presented at the Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 11, 1966.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John A. Kastor, M.D., Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02114. 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