Paroxysmal Auricular Fibrillation

Prognosis in Paroxysmal Tachycardia and Paroxysmal Auricular Fibrillation.

In 1888, Bristowe wrote of " Recurrent palpitations of extreme rapidity in persons otherwise healthy "; he was, however, extremely guarded as to the correct prognosis in this condition, seeing that six out of nine of the cases he described died before their time. Similarly, two of the three cases recorded by Bouveret (1889) died of congestive failure during an actual paroxysm. Indeed the early ...

Atebrin in paroxysmal tachycardia and paroxysmal auricular fibrillation.

There is a wide range of remedies available for the treatment of the paroxysmal arrhythmias, which comprise auricular and ventricular paroxysmal tachycardia and paroxysmal flutter and fibrillation. Although vagal stimulation by pressure on the carotid sinus or eyeballs sometimes stops paroxysmal tachycardia, it is not effective in auricular fibrillation. Again, trials have been made of many dru...

Lone auricular fibrillation.

Auricular Fibrillation after Aspirin

S = support of heart afforded by the pericardium T = tone of muscle. The support of the pericardium is due to the negative pressure in the pericardial cavity which I have shown is present in health. This negative pressure causes a suction action which keeps the pericardium right up against the heart save for the thin layer of pericardial fluid so necessary for lubrication. F varies directly wit...

Oesophageal Electrocardiograms in Auricular Fibrillation.

A critical study of electrical events occurring in the posterior portions of the human heart has been made possible by the use of aesophageal leads in clinical electrocardiography (Cremer, 1906; Lieberson and Liberson, 1934; Luisada, 1935; Brown, 1936a, 1936b; Hamilton and Nyboer, 1938; Spiihler, 1938; Nyboer, 1939; Deglaude and Laubry, 1939). The cesophagus lies close to the posterior surface ...