This is different than “complete heart block," another form of third-degree heart block, where no sinus node activity conducts through the AV node to the ventricles at all. Treatment of high ...

A trifascicular block is a precursor to complete heart block. While a trifascicular block itself does not require any treatment, high doses of AV blocking agents likely should be avoided.

Pacemakers are typically placed in children with congenital complete heart block, a rare condition that can lead to sudden death and affects 1 in about 15,000 to 22,000 children. Congenital ...

Symptoms of a third degree or complete heart block include feeling faint, being short of breath, extreme tiredness, sometimes with confusion and chest pain. Some people are born with heart block ...

He had been diagnosed with "a 2:1 block in my heart", George said, where the heart beats more slowly or with an abnormal rhythm because of a problem with the electrical pulses. It was "a pretty ...