Carotid sinus massage induced elimination of rate related bundle branch block during paroxysmal atrial tachycardia: A simple method of proving bypass tract participation in the tachycardia

Menashe B. Waxman, Robert W. Wald, Jorge F. Bonet, John P. Finley

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Résumé

Four cases of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia are described in whom rate related left bundle branch block (LBBB) was often present which persisted indefinitely and showed no signs of spontaneous disappearance. Transient slowing of the tachycardia by carotid sinus massage in each case eliminated LBBB and this led to tachycardia acceleration. The tachycardia acceleration was traceable to a shortening in ventriculoatrial conduction. These observations proved the participation of a left sided bypass tract in the tachycardia circuit in each of these cases.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)371-376
Nombre de pages6
JournalJournal of Electrocardiology
Volume12
Numéro de publication4
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - 1979

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Funding Information:
University of Toronto and the Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. *Associate Professor of Medicine. tResearch Fellow in Cardiology. Supported in part by grants from the Ontario Heart Foundation and Canadian Heart Foundation. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. w solely to indicate this fact. Reprint requests to: Menashe B. Waxman, M.D., Cardiovascular Unit, Toron.to General Hospital, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. M5G 1L7.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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