Chest
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Klein, H.
Right arrow Articles by Kaplinsky, E
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Klein, H.
Right arrow Articles by Kaplinsky, E

Chest, Vol 74, 230-233, Copyright © 1978 by American College of Chest Physicians

ARTICLES

Procainamide-induced left anterior hemiblock of the 2:1 type (pseudoelectrical alternans)

HO Klein, E Di Segni and E Kaplinsky

A selective defect in cardiac conduction in the anterior division of the left bundle branch was induced in a patient by therapy with procainamide hydrochloride. The defect in conduction, when intermittent, resulted in 2:1 Wencklebach sequences and produced a pattern similar to classic electrical alternans. The prognosis in drug- induced alternans is good, and it is important to differentiate it from true electrical alternans.




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1978 by the American College of Chest Physicians.