Syncope as an Indication of Digitalis Toxicity
- 1 July 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 16 (1) , 107-109
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.16.1.107
Abstract
Increased sensitivity of the carotid sinus to stimulation is known to accompany digitalis toxicity. Syncope induced by deglutition as a manifestation of this hypersensitivity is exceedingly unusual and warrants description.Keywords
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