Pronethalol for cyanotic attacks.

Pronethalol for cyanotic attacks.

Various medical measures have been used to terminate the cyanotic spells that occur in severe cases of Fallot's tetralogy. Taussig (1948) reported benefit from oxygen administration and morphine injections, and Wood (1958)recommended cyclopropane anaesthesia. The anoxic attacks have been attributed to sudden, transient, or prolonged spasm of the myocardium of the right ventricular outflow tract...

Cyanotic attacks in newborn infants.

By the term 'cyanotic attacks in newborn infants' I mean sudden attacks of cyanosis, lasting from a few moments up to half an hour, in children whose colour was previously normal, and whose colour returns to normal in atmospheric air after the attack. I do not include the sudden development of cyanosis in a baby who remains blue until death. In an extensive search of the literature I was unable...

Norepinephrine and cyanotic attacks in Fallot's tetralogy.

Cyanotic congenital heart disease.

The last 15 years have witnessed a very remarkable change in the attitude of the clinician towards cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is within the memory of many that it was the custom to make a simple diagnosis of congenital heart abnormality with cyanosis, and express the opinion that little or nothing could be done about it. Then there appeared the pioneer work of Abbott and others which...

Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease