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 ...
2:1 AV block is a form of second degree AV nodal block and occurs when every other P wave is not conducted through the AV node to get to the ventricles and thus every other P wave is NOT followed by a ...
Ambulatory rhythm monitoring may be a valuable surveillance tool for the underappreciated complication of delayed high-grade atrioventricular block (DH-AVB) following transcatheter aortic valve ...
A 31-year-old woman with no significant medical history presents with intermittent heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, and fatigue provoked by exercise. Can you make the diagnosis? A ...
Mobitz type I, also known as the Wenckebach block, is a subtype of second-degree atrioventricular (AV) block. Mobitz type I is a type of conduction disorder, which happens when the electrical signals ...
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 ...