What is Heart block?

What is Heart block?

• Heart block: Failure of the heart's normal rhythm controls leading to arrhythmia.
• Heart block: Impairment of conduction in heart excitation. It is often applied specifically to atrioventricular heart block. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Heart block: recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Heart block: Introduction

Types of Heart block:

Types of Heart block:

• First-degree heart block - partial heart block
• Second-degree heart block
• Third-degree heart block - complete heart block
• more types...»

Broader types of Heart block:

• Heart conditions
• more types...»

Who gets Heart block?

Patient Profile for Heart block: Usually older adults but younger age possible.

How serious is Heart block?

Complications of Heart block: see complications of Heart block

What causes Heart block?

Causes of Heart block: see causes of Heart block
Risk factors for Heart block: see risk factors for Heart block

What are the symptoms of Heart block?

Symptoms of Heart block: see symptoms of Heart block

Complications of Heart block: see complications of Heart block

Heart block: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Heart block.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Heart block.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Heart block: see treatments for Heart block
Research for Heart block: see research for Heart block

Organs Affected by Heart block:

Organs and body systems related to Heart block include:

• Heart

Name and Aliases of Heart block

Main name of condition: Heart block

PR interval lengthened, Atrioventricular node conduction block, AV block Source - Diseases Database

Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, Atrioventricular block
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Heart block:

• First degree heart block
• Second degree heart block
• Complete heart block
• Atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter
• Myocardial infarction
• SA node exit block
• Left bundle branch block
• Right bundle branch block

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