Transitory W-P-W aberration after intravenous strophanthin.

Case Report A 68-year-old Hindoo male, who had been under treatment for years for hypertension, was seen in a state of left ventricular failure in February, 1953. On examination, he was found to be orthopnceic and pale, with a markedly displaced and heaving apex beat and a loud systolic murmur over the precordium. The blood pressure was 176/112 mm. His electrocardiogram (Fig. 1), showed left ventricular strain with digitalis defect.