THE CARDIOVASCULAR ASPECTS OF CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
Authors: Allen D. Tanney, Alfred Lilienfeld
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 April 1942THE CARDIOVASCULAR ASPECTS OF CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIASALLEN D. TANNEY, M.D., ALFRED LILIENFELD, M.D.ALLEN D. TANNEY, M.D., ALFRED LILIENFELD, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-4-676 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe effects of carotid sinus hypersensitivity on the cardio-vascular system are well known.1, 2Most of the case records are concerned with patients who had a basic normal sinus rhythm whereas only a limited number of reports could be found wherein carotid sinus hypersensitivity was associated with cardiac arrhythmia. Weiss and Baker1reported one case with auricular fibrillation (in this patient carotid sinus stimulation produced only slight slowing of the ventricular rate) and Hiatt and Adams3published the record of one patient with auricular flutter. A survey of the literature failed to reveal the association of paroxysmal tachycardia and carotid...References1. WEISSBAKER SJP: The carotid sinus reflex in health and disease; its rôle in the causation of fainting and convulsions, Medicine, 1933, xii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WEISSCAPPSFERRISMUNRO SRBEBD: Syncope and convulsions due to hyperactive carotid sinus reflex, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lviii, 407. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HIATTADAMS ND: Hyperactive carotid sinus mechanism in auricular flutter; a case report, ANN. INT. MED., 1940, xiii, 1489. Google Scholar4. STERN JE: Abdominal manifestations from hypersensitive reflexes, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 1986. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WEISS S: Regulation and disturbance of cerebral circulation through extra-cerebral mechanisms, A., Research Nerv. and Ment. Dis., Proc. (1937), 1938, xviii, 571. Google Scholar6. WEISSBAKER SJP: Dizziness, fainting and convulsions due to hypersensitivity of carotid sinus reflex, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1933, xxx, 614. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SIGLER LH: Electrocardiographic observations on the carotid sinus reflex, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, ix, 782. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SIGLER LH: Further observations on the carotid sinus reflex, ANN. INT. MED., 1936, ix, 1380. Google Scholar9. SIGLER LH: Clinical observations on the carotid sinus reflex, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 118. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. PURKS WK: Electrocardiographic findings following carotid sinus stimulation, ANN. INT. MED., 1939, xiii, 270. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication March 3, 1941.From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Carotid SinusDie Rhythmusstörungen des Herzens (einschließlich der intramuralen Leitungsstörungen und des Alternans)Effect of Carotid Sinus Stimulation on the Electrocardiograms of Clinically Normal IndividualsTHE CARDIOINHIBITORY CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME*ARTHUR J. DRAPER, M.D. 1 April 1942Volume 16, Issue 4Page: 676-686KeywordsArrhythmiaAtrial fibrillationHospital medicineHypersensitivityTachycardia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...