Noun: atrioventricular block
- Recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
"The patient's atrioventricular block required immediate pacemaker implantation";
- heart block, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome
Derived forms: atrioventricular blocks
Type of: arhythmia, arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia
Encyclopedia: Atrioventricular block, second degree