PARTIAL HEART BLOCK DUE TO DIGITALIS

Partial Heart Block Due to Digitalis.

Amongst a series of cases of partial heart block, collected over a period of years, there were some in which treatment with digitalis was mainly or partly responsible. This group involves some special problems that seem worth separate consideration. The slow pulse, even as slow as 35 in a minute, after the administration of digitalis was one of the original observations of Withering (1785). Muc...

Digitalis in experimental, surgically induced heart block.

Congenital partial heart block.

Although congenital complete heart block is well recognized and has been fully reviewed, congenital partial heart block appears to be much more unusual. Howevev, a survey shows that several such cases have been described in America, but we have found only four cases recorded from this country. Whipham (1915) reported two, and Fleming and Stevenson (1928) gave an account of an eight-year-old gir...

Complete Heart Block due to Acute

CHEST, 71: 5, MAY, 1977 a major complication of this procedure, is reported in 10 to 50 percent of the cases.4’5 7 8 Although the indirect method of inferior vena cava interruption using an umbrella filter has resulted in significant reduction of morbidity and mortality, it is not free of complications. Because of the risks associated with different methods of inferior vena cava interruption, t...

[Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis poisoning].

Digitalis intoxication is a frequent outcome of chronic treatment with digitalis glycosides but uncommon following accidental intake or self-poisoning.1 Ventricular arrhythmias are an expression of this complication and can usually be controlled thru conventional means including suspension of the drug. However, in the presence of potentially lethal arrhythmias and kidney failure difficult decis...