Curing swallowing-induced arrhythmias with cimetidine

L Jánoskuti; T Fenyvesi; Z László

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060511

Curing swallowing-induced arrhythmias with cimetidine

Eur Heart J. 1994 Mar;15(3):400-1. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060511.

Authors

L Jánoskuti¹, T Fenyvesi, Z László

Affiliation

¹ 3rd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.

PMID: 8013517
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060511

Abstract

A 57-year-old man with swallowing-induced arrhythmias is presented. The patient did not respond to conventional antiarrhythmic medication, but H2-receptor antagonist treatment proved effective.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy
Cimetidine / therapeutic use*
Deglutition
Esophagitis, Peptic / complications*
Esophagitis, Peptic / drug therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Cimetidine