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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Substituting biventricular (BiV) pacing for standard right ventricular pacing led to significant improvements in survival and hospitalization for heart-failure patients with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...