HYPERACTIVE CAROTID SINUS MECHANISM IN AURICULAR FLUTTER; A CASE REPORT

1 February 1940

journal article
research article
Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine

Vol. 13 (8) , 1489-1500
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-8-1489

Abstract

A patient with a hyperactive carotid sinus and auricular flutter is presented. The flutter was not due to a tonic activity of the vagus, and even in the presence of a hyperactive carotid sinus mechanism vagus stimulation did not affect flutter. The patient''s convulsions, which appeared when either carotid sinus was stimulated, were not entirely due to the asystole which the stimulation brought about.

Keywords

ATRIAL FLUTTER
CAROTID SINUS

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THE CAROTID SINUS REFLEX IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Medicine, 1933