Deglutition induced atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation.
Deglutition induced supraventricular tachycardia is an uncommon condition postulated to be a vagally mediated phenomenon due to mechanical stimulation. Patients usually present with mild symptoms or may have severe debilitating symptoms. Treatment with Class I agents, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, amiodarone and radiofrquency catheter ablation has shown to be successful in the majority of reported cases. We report the case of a 46-year-old healthy woman presenting with palpitations on swallowing that was documented to be transient atrial tachycardia with aberrant ventricular conduction as well as transient atrial fibrillation. She was successfully treated with propafenone with no induction of swallowing-induced tachycardia after treatment. This is also the first case to show swallowing-induced atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation in the same patient.
Kanjwal
Yousuf
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrophysiology, University of Toledo, Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43614, USA. yousuf.kanjawal@utoledo.edu
Imran
Naser
N
Grubb
Blair
B
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011405:Propafenone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011405:Propafenone