Quinidine Therapy and Digitalis Toxicity Journal Articles

abstract

• ABSTRACTIn a 90‐year‐old man undergoing prolonged digitalis therapy, digitalis toxicity was precipitated by the administration of quinidine. The electrocardiogram revealed supraventricular bidirectional tachycardia, a rare but characteristic arrhythmia associated with digitalis toxicity. Upon withdrawal of digoxin, the clinical and ECG signs disappeared. A diagnosis of digitalis toxicity rather than quinidine intolerance led to appropriate treatment.

authors

• Manyari, Dante E
• Patterson, Christopher
• Johnson, David E
• Melendez, Libardo J

status

• published 

publication date

• January 1981

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Aged (MeSH)
• Digoxin (MeSH)
• Drug Interactions (MeSH)
• Electrocardiography (MeSH)
• Geriatrics (Science Metrix)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Quinidine (MeSH)
• Tachycardia (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of The American Geriatrics Society  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Digoxin
• Drug Interactions
• Electrocardiography
• Humans
• Male
• Quinidine
• Tachycardia

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1981.tb02390.x

PubMed ID

• 7451788

start page

• 31

end page

• 33

volume

• 29

issue

• 1