title: Swallowing-induced arrhythmia.
abstract: Deglutition tachyarrhythmia, first reported in 1926 by Sakai and Mori, is a rare clinical entity. Vagal reflex has been supposed to be responsible for the induction of the arrhythmia. We have recently studied a patient with swallowing-induced premature atrial contractions. Atropine sulfate and catecholamine infusion increased the frequency of the arrhythmia, while beta blockade suppressed it. It is suggested that the mechanism of the swallowing-induced arrhythmia might be related to a sympathetic reflex. As far as we know, there have been few reports in which the sympathetic reflex was proposed to be responsible for the arrhythmia.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirayama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katsume
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003679:Deglutition; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology