Recognition of Digitalis Intoxication in the Presence of Atrial Fibrillation
Authors: JOHN A. KASTOR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Diagnosis and Treatment1 November 1967Recognition of Digitalis Intoxication in the Presence of Atrial FibrillationJOHN A. KASTOR, M.D., PETER M. YURCHAK, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN A. KASTOR, M.D., PETER M. YURCHAK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-67-5-1045 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is no agent in the pharmacopeia so useful, yet so potentially hazardous, as digitalis. Lifesaving to thousands with heart failure, it has been life-ending to countless others in whom signs of toxicity went unrecognized.PREDISPOSING FACTORSPhysicians have become increasingly aware in recent years of the symptoms and electrocardiographic signs of digitalis intoxication. This is due in part to detailed descriptions of certain characteristic digitalis-induced arrhythmias (1). 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Oldsmar, Florida, 1965, p. 114. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JOHN A. KASTOR, M.D.; PETER M. YURCHAK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: 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, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.At the time of this study Dr. Kastor was a Teaching Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and a Clinical and Research Fellow in Medicine, The Massachusetts General Hospital.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John A. Kastor, M.D., Cardiac Unit, The Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02114. 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