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II. ALTERATIONS IN THE CARDIAC MECHANISM AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF QUINIDIN TO PATIENTS WITH AURICULAR FIBRILLATION WITH CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN TOXIC EFFECTS OF THE DRUG

ROBERT L. LEVY, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1922;30(4):451-477.

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During the past four years, sufficient evidence has been accumulated to indicate that in a certain number of patients suffering from fibrillation of the auricles (about 50 per cent.), oral administration of quinidin sulphate serves to restore the normal cardiac rhythm. The circumstances which determine the issue are not yet altogether clear. A summary of the earlier literature, together with a preliminary report dealing with the treatment of four cases in the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute, has already appeared.¹

The results of experiments done in this Hospital to determine the pharmacologic action of this drug have likewise been reported.² It is the purpose of the present communication to record in detail the alterations in the mechanism of the heart's action which have been observed in the first eleven patients to whom quinidin has been administered.³ A more detailed report of the experimental studies will appear shortly. A discussion of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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Presented in abstract before the New York Academy of Medicine, Nov. 17. 1921

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