Complete heart block means that there’s a complete separation of electrical activity between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. Without prompt medical attention, it can be fatal. Your heart ...

Third-degree heart block usually involves treatment with a temporary or permanent pacemaker. In some situations, treatment may include medications or synthetic hormones. Third-degree heart block, also ...

THE presence of complete heart block in the pediatric age group has been known for many years. 1 A sizable number of publications, consisting mostly of reports of a small number of cases, indicates ...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the Sheba Medical Center where early Sunday morning he had a cardiac pacemaker implanted. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) When you ...

There are three types of second degree heart block, also called atrioventricular (AV) block. In type I the signal sometimes does not reach the ventricles, causing skipped beats. It is often benign and ...

The case is reported of an athlete who, during an exercise test, had a complete atrioventricular block without symptoms of cardiac output failure. Heart rate, stroke index, cardiac index, and ...

First-degree heart block is the mildest type and often requires no treatment. Third-degree heart block is the most severe and ...

This ECG has both second degree AV block with 2:1 block and second degree type I AV block. Note that intermittent P waves conduct to the ventricles on this ECG tracing, however it is clear that some ...

NEW YORK, NY—High-grade atrioventricular (AV) block occurs within 1 month for roughly one in seven patients who undergo transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR), according to new results from ...