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What does heart block mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) A disease in the electrical system of the heart, opposed to coronary artery disease, which is disease of the blood vessels of the heart.
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We may define heart block as the condition in which the auricles and ventricles beat independently of each other.
Should progressive heart block develop, endocardial pacing should be implemented.
Following infusion of 32 mg over only a 4-minute period, a vasovagal episode with transient second degree heart block was observed.
Depakote overdose symptoms include weak pulse, drowsiness, shallow breathing, somnolence, heart block, loss of consciousness, and deep coma.
When electrical conduction through the atrioventricular node or bundle of His is interrupted, the condition is called heart block.
Third-degree heart block can also occur from blocks of the atrioventricular node in patients with congenital heart block.

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