Some consider 2:1 AV block to be type II block, claiming that the PR interval doesn't lengthen. What they don't realize is that determining whether the PR interval lengthens requires at least 2 ...

In the lower tracing (lead II), P1 is conducted. P2 is blocked; in other words, this patient's AV node cannot conduct at the R1P2 interval. P3 was going to be conducted. How do I know that? This ...

A 31-year-old woman with no significant medical history presents with intermittent heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, and fatigue provoked by exercise. Can you make the diagnosis? A ...

A first-degree atrioventricular node block occurs when conduction through the AV node is slowed, thereby delaying the time it takes for the action potential to travel from the sinoatrial node through ...

In second-degree atrioventricular nodal block — also known as Wenckebach block or Mobitz Type I AV block — varying failure of conduction through the AV node occurs, such that some P waves may not be ...