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JACK MARKS, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;100(6):989-993.

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Atrial flutter usually occurs with some degree of A-V block; however, uncommonly it occurs without A-V block, i. e., with 1: 1 A-V conduction. This is an infrequent arrhythmia and is regarded as the most rapid form of tachycardia known to occur in the adult.² It is a prostrating event because of the extreme rapidity of the heart beat. Ventricular rates up to 320 beats per minute have been reported.² In at least two instances death has occurred following such paroxysms.^3,26 Although this disorder occurs infrequently, as judged by the paucity of its report in the literature,²⁶ it has the potentiality of occurring more frequently through the use of cardiodepressant drugs, such as quinidine.

In 1915 Lewis published the first electrocardiographic tracing of atrial flutter with 1: 1 A-V conduction of a patient with a ventricular rate of 270 beats per minute.¹ Approximately 46 additional . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Columbus, Ohio

Senior Assistant Resident, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University Health Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 9, 1957.

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