Cessation of Attacks of Auricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia by the Use of Calcium
Authors: JOSEPH B. WOLFFE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 January 1931Cessation of Attacks of Auricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia by the Use of CalciumPreliminary ReportJOSEPH B. WOLFFE, SAMUEL BELLETJOSEPH B. WOLFFESearch for more papers by this author, SAMUEL BELLETSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-7-795 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe object of this paper is to report a series of five cases of auricular paroxysmal tachycardia, three of which were successfully arrested by the use of calcium intravenously. In all three cases the paroxysms ended suddenly, almost dramatically, the normal rhythm being immediately restored. In two of the three cases, electrocardiograms were taken during the administration of the drug and show the sudden transition.These facts are of interest because no method of treatment so far known is always uniformly successful in stopping paroxysms. It has been our experience, as indeed that of all who have treated many cases...1 LEWIS T: Clinical Disorders of the Heart Beat. 1925, 71. Google Scholar2 SINGERWINTERBERG : Wiener Archiv f. innere Med., 1922, III, 229-264. Google Scholar3 BODENNEUKIRCH EP: Duetsches Archiv f. klin. Med., 1921, CXXXVI, 181-90. Google Scholar4 ILIESCUSEBASTINI CCA: Heart, 1923, X, 223-231. Google Scholar5 PARKINSONNICHOLL JJW: Lancet, 1922, II, 1267-1270. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 LIAN : Presse Medicale, Paris, 1924, 32, 297. Google Scholar7 OTTO HL: Proc. Soc. Exper. Med., 1925, 866. Google Scholar8 WOLFERTH CC: New York Medical Journal, 1923, 117-552-555. Google Scholar9 SPRAGUEWHITE HBPD: Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, 1925, 193, 91-100. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 LEVINEBLOTTNER SAH: Amer. Journal Med. Sci., 1926, 172, 66-664. Google Scholar11 OTTOGOLD HLH: American Heart Journal, 1926. Oct. 1-11. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 DE MEYER J: Archives des Maladies du Coeur, 1922, 15, 11, 749. Google Scholar13 SCHUSTER : Med. Klinik, 1923, 19, 1123. Google Scholar14 DUKES C: Brit. Med. Journal, 1921, 2, 987. Google Scholar15 CORNEY BG: Lancet, 1922, 2, 863-864. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 HOWELL'S PHYSIOLOGY: 1924, 567-568. Google Scholar17 BRULEÉ : Comptes rend. Soc. Biol., 1924, XCI, 373. Google Scholar18 BOWENWALTER WH: Surg. Gyn. and Obst., 1920, XXXI, 200. Google Scholar19 SINGER G: Winer, Klin. Woch., 1921, 34, 247. Google Scholar20 LOWENBER H: Ann. de Med., 1923, 13, 172. Google Scholar21 ROTHLIN VE: Schwez. Med. Woch., 17, 1927, 388. Google Scholar22 HERING HE: Die Karotissinusreflexe auf Herz and Gefässe vom Normal— physiologischen pathologisch—physiologischen und klinische Standpunkt. Theodore Steinhoff, Leipzig, 1927. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia*From the Department of Medicine, Temple University, and the Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByThe effect of colcium chloride on experimental extrasystoles with constant couplingUse of pronestyl in the treatment of ectopic rhythmsMeasures Used in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiac ArrhythmiasLanatoside C in the treatment of persistent paroxysmal auricular tachycardiaSTUDIES IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE I. INTRAVENOUS CALCIUM IN OCCLUSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE*H. S. WEICHSEL, M.D.Measurement of circulation time with calcium gluconate in patients receiving digitalis, with electrocardiographic studiesThe effect of calcium on the heartTachycardia*†CHAS. W. BARRIER, M.D. 1 January 1931Volume 4, Issue 7Page: 795-803KeywordsCalciumDrug administrationDrugsElectrocardiographyHospital medicineTachycardia Issue Published: 1 January 1931 PDF DownloadLoading ...