

Typical ECG findings for left axis deviation: Right axis deviation 2 Left axis deviation

Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block Revisited. First-Degree AV Block-An Entirely Benign Finding or a Potentially Curable Cause of Cardiac Disease? Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2021 ESC Guidelines on Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. The two types of second degree atrioventricular block were differentiated by the Russian-German physician and internist Woldemar Mobitz in 1924 6. The Wenckebach sequence was first described by the Dutch physician and internist Karel Frederik Wenckebach in 1899 5. In higher-degree atrioventricular block pacemaker implantation is indicated to prevent syncope and sudden cardiac death and it should be considered in all symptomatic patients 1,2. Management and prognosis depend on the degree of atrioventricular block and clinical symptoms. myocardial fibrosis, myocardial scarring, hypertensive heart disease.myocardial ischemia and/or myocardial infarction.inflammatory conditions: myocarditis, infective endocarditis, Chagas disease, cardiac tuberculosis.medications/toxicity: ß-blocker, adenosine, calcium channel blocker, digoxin.metabolic/endocrine: hyperkalemia, hypermagnesemia, hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency.autonomic dysfunction: increased vagal tone.There are various possible functional and structural causes that are also related to the degree of atrioventricular block: Subject to the type this includes the atrioventricular node, the bundle of His and the Purkinje system 4. ComplicationsĬomplications of atrioventricular block include 3:Īn atrioventricular block is a conduction disorder that can arise from different locations within the cardiac conduction system. The presence and frequency of clinical symptoms also depend on degree 1. Possible symptoms include fatigue, exercise intolerance, dyspnea, chest pain, dizziness, syncope and cardiac arrest. 3rd degree: absence of atrioventricular nodal conduction resulting in a pattern where P waves are unrelated to the QRS complexes.Mobitz type 2: intermittent non-conducted P waves with constant PR and stable PP intervals.Mobitz type 1 (Wenckebach): progressive prolongation of the PR interval ultimately ending in a non-conducted P wave.2nd degree: intermittent atrioventricular conduction 4.1st degree: prolongation of the PR interval (PR >200 ms) 2.The diagnosis and classification of an atrioventricular block are based on the electrocardiogram (12-lead ECG or Holter monitor) 1-4: AssociationsĪtrioventricular block can be associated with the following conditions 3:

Atrioventricular block can be found in healthy young individuals and prevalence seems to increase with age and other types of heart disease 2.
