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==Overview==
==Overview==
Patients with third degree AV block typically experience a lower overall measured [[heart rate]] (as low as 28 beats per minute during sleep), [[low blood pressure]], and poor circulation. In some cases, exercising may be difficult, as the heart cannot react quickly enough to sudden changes in demand or sustain the higher heart rates required for sustained activity.  Complete heart block associated with a slower pacemaker can result in [[dizziness]], [[presyncope]] and [[syncope]].
Patients with third degree AV block typically experience a lower overall measured [[heart rate]], [[low blood pressure]]. Most of the patients will experience in physical activities , as the heart cannot react quickly enough to sudden changes in demand or sustain the higher heart rates required for sustained activity.  Complete heart block associated with a slower pacemaker can result in [[dizziness]], [[presyncope]] and [[syncope]].


==History==
==History and Symptoms==
The following history should be elicited while investigating a case of complete heart block
Patients with third degree AV block typically experience a lower overall measured [[heart rate]], [[low blood pressure]]. In some cases, exercising may be difficult, as the heart cannot react quickly enough to sudden changes in demand or sustain the higher heart rates required for sustained activity.  Complete heart block associated with a slower pacemaker can result in [[dizziness]], [[presyncope]] and [[syncope]].
* History of any cardiac disease
* History of use of any medications which affect the conduction through the conducting system ([[beta blocker]]s, [[calcium channel blocker]]s, [[digitalis]])
* History of previous cardiac interventions ([[aortic valve]] surgery <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[TAVI]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, [[ASD]], [[VSD]] and [[TGA]] repairs, ablation procedures etc.,)


==Symptoms==
===History===
Patients with complete heart block present with varied symptomatology.
Patients with [[third-degree AV block]] may have a positive history of:
* Some patients may be asymptomatic or have symptoms related to [[hypotension]].
 
** [[Dizziness]]
* History of  cardiac disease
** [[Fatigue]]
* History of use of [[medications]] that affect the conduction through the [[conducting]] system ([[Beta blocker|beta blockers]], [[Calcium channel blocker|calcium channel blockers]], [[digitalis]])
** [[Presyncope]]
* History of previous [[cardiac]] interventions ([[aortic valve]] surgery <nowiki/>[[TAVI]], [[ASD]], [[VSD]] and [[TGA]] repairs, ablation procedures etc.,)
** [[Syncope]]
 
===Common Symptoms===
Patients with complete heart block present with varied symptomatology.<ref name="pmid22068075">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sykes JA, Lubega J, Ezetendu C, Verma R, O'Connor B, Kalyanaraman M |title=Asymptomatic complete atrioventricular block in a 13-year-old girl |journal=Pediatr Emerg Care |volume=27 |issue=11 |pages=1081–3 |date=November 2011 |pmid=22068075 |doi=10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182360674 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid10529859">{{cite journal |vauthors=Medeiros A, Iturralde P, Millán F, Colín L, Cruz F, González Hermosillo JA, Méndez A |title=[A complete atrioventricular block during exertion] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Arch Inst Cardiol Mex |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=250–7 |date=1999 |pmid=10529859 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 
* Some patients may be asymptomatic or have symptoms related to [[hypotension]] such as::
**[[Dizziness]]
**[[Fatigue]]
**[[Presyncope]]
**[[Syncope]]
* Complete heart block with narrow QRS comples (level of block above [[His bundle]]) is associated with minimal symptoms.
* Complete heart block with narrow QRS comples (level of block above [[His bundle]]) is associated with minimal symptoms.
* Patients with complete heart block and [[wide QRS]] complex (level of block below the His bundle) may present with
* Patients with complete heart block and [[wide QRS]] complex (level of block below the His bundle) may present with:
** [[Dyspnea]]
**[[Dyspnea]]
** [[Syncope]]
**[[Syncope]]
** [[Chest pain]]
**[[Chest pain]]
** [[Sudden cardiac death]]
**[[Sudden cardiac death]]
 
===Less Common Symptoms===
Less common symptoms of [[third degree AV block]] include:
*[[Confusion]]
*Paradoxical feeling of heart racing (sensing the [[heartbeat]] due to irregular rhythm and/or sudden change in [[heart rate]])
*[[Cold extremities]]
*[[Cyanosis]]


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Patients with third degree AV block typically experience a lower overall measured heart rate, low blood pressure. Most of the patients will experience in physical activities , as the heart cannot react quickly enough to sudden changes in demand or sustain the higher heart rates required for sustained activity. Complete heart block associated with a slower pacemaker can result in dizziness, presyncope and syncope.

History and Symptoms

Patients with third degree AV block typically experience a lower overall measured heart rate, low blood pressure. In some cases, exercising may be difficult, as the heart cannot react quickly enough to sudden changes in demand or sustain the higher heart rates required for sustained activity. Complete heart block associated with a slower pacemaker can result in dizziness, presyncope and syncope.

History

Patients with third-degree AV block may have a positive history of:

Common Symptoms

Patients with complete heart block present with varied symptomatology.[1][2]

Less Common Symptoms

Less common symptoms of third degree AV block include:

References

  1. Sykes JA, Lubega J, Ezetendu C, Verma R, O'Connor B, Kalyanaraman M (November 2011). "Asymptomatic complete atrioventricular block in a 13-year-old girl". Pediatr Emerg Care. 27 (11): 1081–3. doi:10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182360674. PMID 22068075.
  2. Medeiros A, Iturralde P, Millán F, Colín L, Cruz F, González Hermosillo JA, Méndez A (1999). "[A complete atrioventricular block during exertion]". Arch Inst Cardiol Mex (in Spanish; Castilian). 69 (3): 250–7. PMID 10529859.


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