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 ...

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 ...

Figure 1 shows straightforward type I (second-degree) AV block. The QRS complexes do not occur regularly, which immediately rules out third-degree AV block, because in third-degree AV block the escape ...

SAN DIEGO, California — Pregnant women with anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies at titer levels of less than 1000 ELISA units per mL are at minimal to no risk for fetal atrioventricular (AV) block and may be ...

Patients with atrioventricular (AV) block who don’t have an indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do better when treated with conduction-system pacing versus right ventricular septal ...