Noun: heart block haa(r)t blók
- Recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
"The patient's heart block required immediate pacemaker implantation";
- Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, atrioventricular block
Derived forms: heart blocks
Type of: arhythmia, arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia
Encyclopedia: Heart block