Some consider 2:1 AV block to be type II block, claiming that the PR interval doesn't lengthen. What they don't realize is that determining whether the PR interval lengthens requires at least 2 ...

A 68-year-old male with morbid obesity and no past medical history comes to the office complaining of fatigue and shortness of breath. He does not feel dizzy and has never passed out. He takes no ...

In second-degree atrioventricular nodal block — also known as Wenckebach block or Mobitz Type I AV block — varying failure of conduction through the AV node occurs, such that some P waves may not be ...

The mechanism of 2:1 atrioventricular block in infants with the congenital long QT syndrome has been postulated to result from a long ventricular effective refractory period interrupting conduction of ...

All cases admitted or discharged from our institution between January 2008 and June 2009 with a diagnosis of AV block were reviewed. In addition, beginning in June 2009, data from all patients ...

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 ...