[A rare complication of thoracic radiotherapy: auriculoventricular block. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].

The authors report the case of a 30-year old patient who presented atrioventricular block 12 years after mediastinal radiation treatment of Hodgkin's disease. This patient had been monitored in the service for 3 years after the insertion of a pacemaker. A review of the literature, identified 15 cases of post-radiation AV block.

[Dromotropic effects of drug combinations. Initial results bearing on a combination of deslanoside and ajmaline].

The electrophysiological effects of the cardiotropic drugs have been studied in man by the agency of endocavitary electrocardiography. The effects of drug combinations, which are often prescribed therapeutically, have been studied less often. The authors report the results of a preliminary study of the combination of deslanoside with ajmaline in 26 patients; its effects were compared with those using each drug separately.

[The heart and lithium. Apropos of a case of lithium poisoning with intracavitary electrocardiographic exploration].

Among the secondary effects of the salts of Li+, which are widely used in psychiatric treatment, cardiac toxicity appears to be rare. The authors report the case history of a female of 24 years of age, with no previous cardiac history, who presented with Li+ intoxication and a supra-His atrio-ventricular block, followed by episodes of sinus arrest (or of sino-atrial block), accompanied by either a junctional rhythm or by periods of prolonged asystole. The results of the endocavitary electrocardiographic investigation are described.

[Chronic pericardial effusion and congenital cardiopathy].

Report of one case of chronic pericardial effusion combined with pulmonary valve stenosis and atrial septal defect in a man aged 31, hospitalized for congestive heart failure. The relationship between these two diseases were studied, and the diagnostic and therapeutic problems posed were studied.