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To the Editor: Gursoy et al. (Sept. 10 issue)¹ should have defined "pounding in the neck" in their article on its hemodynamic mechanism. Nowhere in their article is an explanation of the apparently subjective sensation given, in spite of the fact that the symptom is the crux of their study. The terms "pounding in the neck" and "neck pounding" are repeatedly used, with modifiers such as "rapid and regular" and "slow, irregular." Clarification of this apparently distinctive phenomenon might assist its acceptance in reference books in the future.

Charles K. Tashima, M.D.
1213 Hermann Dr.
Houston, TX 77004

References

1. Gursoy S, Steurer G, Brugada J, Andries E, Brugada P. The hemodynamic mechanism of pounding in the neck in atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. N Engl J Med 1992;327:772-774. [Medline]

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