Open AccessSyncope as an Indication of Digitalis Toxicity
Author(s) -
S Glotzer
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.16.1.107
Subject(s) - medicine , digitalis toxicity , syncope (phonology) , digitalis , toxicity , cardiology , heart failure
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.
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