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 ...

Also known as complete heart block, third-degree heart block is the most serious type of heart block. Considered a medical emergency, it can be fatal without prompt treatment. The steady beating of ...

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 ...

First-degree heart block is the mildest type and often requires no treatment. Third-degree heart block is the most severe and often needs a pacemaker to regulate the heartbeat. Many different causes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...