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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [3]

Overview

Common causes of first-degree AV block include ischemic heart disease, congenital heart disease, electrolyte abnormalities (particularly hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia), inflammation, infections (endocarditis, rheumatic fever, Chagas disease, Lyme disease, diphtheria), drugs (antiarrhythmic Ia, Ic, II, III, IV and digoxin, β-blockers, calcium channel blockers ), infiltrative diseases (sarcoidosis), collagen vascular diseases (SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma), idiopathic degenerative diseases (Lenegre and Lev diseases) and neuromuscular disorders and increased vagal tone in younger patients.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Hyperkalemia
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Increased vagal tone (e.g. sleep, athletes)
Ischemic heart disease
Medications ( e.g. adenosine, amiodarone, beta-blockers, diltiazem, procainamide, verapamil)

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Acute myocardial infarction, acute rheumatic fever, ASD, dilated cardiomyopathy, Ebstein's anomaly, hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome, hypertension, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Lev's disease, myocardial bridging, myocarditis, post aortic valve replacement, post catheter ablation for arrhythmias, post closure of a ventricular septal defect, post mitral valve replacement, tetralogy of Fallot, endocardial cushion defect, transposition of the great vessels, valvular heart disease, VSD
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Amiodarone, beta-blockers, digitalis, calcium channel blockers, cholinesterase inhibitors, disopyramide, dofetilide, dolasetron, donepezil, eslicarbazepine acetate, fesoterodine, fingolimod, flecainide, ibutilide, lacosamide, magnesium, paliperidone, pramipexole, procainamide, propafenone, propoxyphene, quinidine, sotalol, terodiline
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Hyperthyroidism, myxedema, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, hypothyroidism
Environmental	Hypothermia
Gastroenterologic	Hemochromatosis
Genetic	Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, Fabry disease, glycogenosis type 2b, hereditary neuromuscular disease, Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Hematologic	Multiple myeloma
Iatrogenic	Post aortic valve replacement, post catheter ablation for arrhythmias, post closure of a ventricular septal defect, post mitral valve replacement
Infectious Disease	Acute rheumatic fever, Chagas disease, diphtheria, Lyme disease, myocarditis, neonatal lupus erythematosus, protozoal infection, sarcoidosis, SLE, tuberculosis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	Ankylosing spondylitis, hereditary neuromuscular disease, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, mitochondrial genome inherited conditions, muscular dystrophy
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	Fabry disease, glycogenosis type 2b
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Multiple myeloma
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Sarcoidosis
Renal / Electrolyte	Hyperkalemia, hypokalemia
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Ankylosing spondylitis, dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, SLE
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Amyloidosis, degenerative diseases, enhanced vagal tone, normal variants

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-{{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{CZ}}
+{{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{CZ}}; {{RT}}
+==Overview==
+Common causes of [[first-degree AV block]] include [[ischemic heart disease]], [[congenital heart disease]], [[electrolyte]]  abnormalities (particularly [[hypokalemia]] and [[hypomagnesemia]]), [[inflammation]], [[infections]] ([[endocarditis]], [[rheumatic fever]], [[Chagas disease]], [[Lyme disease]], [[diphtheria]]), [[drugs]] ([[antiarrhythmic ]] Ia, Ic, II, III, IV and [[digoxin]], [[β-blockers]], [[calcium channel blockers]] ), [[infiltrative diseases]] ([[sarcoidosis]]), [[collagen vascular diseases]] ([[SLE]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[scleroderma]]), idiopathic degenerative diseases ([[Lenegre]] and [[Lev diseases]]) and [[neuromuscular disorders]]  and increased [[vagal tone]] in younger [[patients]].
 ==Causes==
+===Life Threatening Causes===
+Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
+*[[Acute myocardial infarction]]
+*[[Acute rheumatic fever]]
+*[[Bacterial endocarditis]]
+*[[Myocarditis]]
 ===Common Causes===
-The most common causes of first degree heart block are an AV nodal disease, enhanced vagal tone (for example in athletes), [[myocarditis]], acute [[myocardial infarction]] (especially acute inferior MI), electrolyte disturbances and [[drugs]].  The drugs that most commonly cause first degree heart block are those that increase the refractory time of the [[AV node]], thereby slowing AV conduction. These include [[calcium channel blockers]], [[beta-blockers]], [[digitalis]],[[cardiac glycosides]] and anything that increases [[cholinergic]] activity such as [[cholinesterase inhibitor]]s.
+*[[Hyperkalemia]]
-* Normal variants
+*[[Hyperthyroidism]]
-** [[PR prolongation]] can be found in 0.5% of healthy patients.
+*[[Hypothyroidism]]
-** Transient AV block can occur with [[vagal maneuvers]].
+*[[vagus nerve|Increased vagal tone]] (e.g. [[sleep]], athletes)
+*[[Ischemic heart disease]]
-* Acute ST elevation MI
+*Medications ( e.g. [[adenosine]], [[amiodarone]], [[beta-blockers]], [[diltiazem]], [[procainamide]], [[verapamil]])
-** [[First degree block]] occurs in 8% to 13% of patients.
-* Inferior ST elevation MI
-** Inferior ST elevation [[MI]]: [[AV block]] is more common in patients with inferior [[MI]]s (1/3rd of patients).
-*** In 90% of patients the inferior wall is supplied by the [[RCA]] which gives off a branch to the [[AV node]].
-*** As a rule the [[AV block]] is transient and normal function returns within a week of the acute episode.
-* Anterior ST elevation MI
-** Anterior ST elevation [[MI]]: [[AV block]] may be seen in up to 21%.
-*** Block is the result of damage to the interventricular septum supplied by the [[LAD]]
-*** There is damage to the bundle branches either in the form of bilateral bundle branch block or [[trifascicular block]].
-*** [[RBBB]], [[RBBB]] + [[LAHB]], [[RBBB]] + [[LPHB]] or [[LBBB]] often appear before the development of [[AV block]].
-*** The PR is normal or minimally prolonged before the onset of [[second degree AV block]] or [[third degree AV block]].
-*** Although the [[AV block]] is usually transient, there is a relatively high incidence of recurrence or high-degree AV block after the acute event.
-*** In addition to [[ischemia]], [[fibrosis]] and [[calcification]] of the summit of the ventricular septum that involve the branching part of the bundle branches, may play a role in the genesis of the conduction defect.
-* Degenerative diseases
-** Sclerodegenerative disease of the bundle branches first described by Lenegre
-** The pathologic process is called idiopathic bilateral bundle branch fibrosis and the heart block is called primary heart block
-** This is the most common cause of chronic [[AV block]] (46%)
-** Lev described similar degenerative lesions, which he referred to as sclerosis of the left side of the cardiac skeleton. There is progressive fibrosis and calcification of the mitral annulus, the central fibrous body, the pars membranacea, the base of the aorta, and the summit of the muscular ventricular septum. Various portions of the [[His bundle]] or the bundle branches may be involved, resulting in [[AV block]].
-* Hypertension
-** Chronic [[AV block]] in patients with [[HTN]] is thought to be due to [[CAD]] or sclerosis of the left side of the cardiac skeleton exacerbated by [[hypertension]]
-* Diseases of the myocardium
-** [[Acute rheumatic fever]]: PR prolongation is a common (25 to 95% of cases) sign in patients with [[acute rheumatic fever]]
-*** Usually transient, disappears when the patient recovers
-** [[Amyloidosis]]
-** [[Ankylosing spondylitis]]
-** [[Chagas disease]]
-** [[Dermatomyositis]]
-** [[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] results in various degrees of heart block are seen in 15% of patients
-** [[Diphtheria]]
-** [[HCM]]: 3% of patients with [[HCM]] will develop heart block
-** [[Hemochromatosis]]
-** [[Lyme disease]]
-** [[Muscular dystrophy]]
-** [[Myocarditis]]
-** [[Sarcoid]]
-** [[Scleroderma]]
-** [[SLE]]
-** Tumors, primary and secondary
-* Valvular Heart Disease
-** Calcific [[aortic stenosis]] may be accompanied by chronic partial or complete AV block
-** There is an extension of the calcification to involve the main bundle or its bifurcation, resulting in degeneration and necrosis of the conduction tissue
-** May also occur in rheumatic mitral valve disease, but is less common
-** Occasionally, massive calcification of the mitral annulus as an aging process may cause [[AV block]]
-** May also be seen in [[bacterial endocarditis]], especially of the [[aortic valve]]
-** [[Ebstein's anomaly]]  may be associated with first-degree AV block.
-* Drugs
-** [[Digoxin]] is one of the most common causes of reversible [[AV block]]
-*** The ventricular response rate is more rapid than that due to organic lesions, and increased automaticity of the AV junctional pacemaker may be responsible.
-** [[Quinidine]] and [[Procainamide]] may produce slight prolongation of the PR
-** [[Beta blocker|β blockers]] may cause [[AV block]]
-** [[Diltiazem]] and [[verapamil]] may cause AV conduction delay and [[PR interval]] prolongation
-* Congenital
-** Occurs in the absence of other evidence of organic heart disease
-** Site is usually proximal to the bifurcation of the [[His bundle]], most often in the [[AV node]]
-** Narrow [[QRS]] with a rate > 40 beats per minute
-** Frequently seen in those with corrected [[transposition of the great vessels]], and occasionally in [[ASD]]s and [[Ebstein's anomaly]]
-* Trauma
-** May be induced during open heart surgery in the area of AV conduction tissue
-** Seen in patients operated on for the correction of [[VSD]], [[tetralogy of Fallot]], and [[endocardial cushion defect]].
-** May be due to [[edema]], transient ischemia, or actual disruption of the conduction tissue. The block may therefore be permanent or transient.
-** Also reported with both penetrating and non-penetrating trauma of the chest
 ===Causes by Organ System===
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-|style="height:100px"; style="width:75%" border="1" bgcolor="Beige" | AV nodal disease, [[Myocarditis]], Acute [[myocardial infarction]] (especially acute inferior MI), [[Hypertension]], [[Acute rheumatic fever]]
+|style="height:100px"; style="width:75%" border="1" bgcolor="Beige" | [[Acute myocardial infarction]], [[acute rheumatic fever]], [[ASD]], [[dilated cardiomyopathy]],  [[Ebstein's anomaly]], [[Carotid sinus hypersensitivity|hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome]], [[hypertension]], [[hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]], [[Lev's disease]], [[myocardial bridging]], [[myocarditis]], [[Aortic valve  replacement|post aortic valve  replacement]], [[catheter ablation|post catheter ablation for arrhythmias]], [[ventricular septal defect surgery|post closure of a ventricular septal defect]], [[mitral valve replacement|post mitral valve replacement]], [[tetralogy of Fallot]], [[endocardial cushion defect]], [[transposition of the great vessels]],  [[valvular heart disease]], [[VSD]]
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 | '''Drug Side Effect'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Calcium channel blockers]], [[Beta-blockers]], [[Digitalis]], [[Cardiac glycosides]], [[Cholinesterase inhibitor]]s
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Amiodarone]], [[beta-blockers]], [[digitalis]], [[calcium channel blockers]], [[cholinesterase inhibitor|cholinesterase inhibitors]], [[disopyramide]], [[dofetilide]], [[dolasetron]], [[donepezil]], [[eslicarbazepine acetate]], [[fesoterodine]], [[fingolimod]], [[flecainide]], [[ibutilide]], [[lacosamide]], [[magnesium]], [[paliperidone]], [[pramipexole]], [[procainamide]], [[propafenone]], [[propoxyphene]], [[quinidine]], [[sotalol]], [[terodiline]]
 |-
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 | '''Endocrine'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hyperthyroidism]], [[myxedema]], [[periodic  paralysis|thyrotoxic periodic paralysis]], [[hypothyroidism]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Environmental'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hypothermia]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Gastroenterologic'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hemochromatosis]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Genetic'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy]], [[Fabry disease]], [[glycogenosis type 2b]], [[Neuromuscular disease|hereditary neuromuscular disease]], [[Kearns-Sayre syndrome]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Hematologic'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Multiple myeloma]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Iatrogenic'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[aortic valve  replacement|Post aortic valve  replacement]], [[catheter ablation|post catheter ablation for  arrhythmias]], [[ventricular septal defect surgery|post closure of a  ventricular septal defect]], [[mitral valve  replacement|post mitral valve  replacement]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Infectious Disease'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute rheumatic fever]]
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute rheumatic fever]], [[Chagas disease]], [[diphtheria]], [[Lyme disease]], [[myocarditis]], [[neonatal lupus erythematosus]], [[protozoa|protozoal infection]], [[sarcoidosis]], [[SLE]], [[tuberculosis]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Musculoskeletal / Ortho'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ankylosing spondylitis]], [[Neuromuscular disease|hereditary neuromuscular disease]], [[Kearns-Sayre syndrome]], [[mitochondrial disease|mitochondrial genome inherited conditions]],  [[muscular dystrophy]]
 |-
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 | '''Nutritional / Metabolic'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Fabry disease]], [[glycogenosis type 2b]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
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 | '''Oncologic'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Multiple myeloma]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
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 | '''Pulmonary'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Sarcoidosis]]
 |-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Renal / Electrolyte'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hyperkalemia]], [[hypokalemia]]
-|-
 |-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
 | '''Rheum / Immune / Allergy'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ankylosing spondylitis]], [[dermatomyositis]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[scleroderma]], [[SLE]]
 |-
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 | '''Miscellaneous'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"|  [[Amyloidosis]], Enhanced vagal tone (for example in athletes), Normal variants
+|bgcolor="Beige"|  [[Amyloidosis]], [[degenerative diseases]],  [[vagus nerve|enhanced  vagal tone]], [[PR interval|normal variants]]
 |-
 |}
+===Causes in Alphabetical Order===
+{{col-begin|width=80%}}
+{{col-break|width=33%}}
+*[[Acute myocardial infarction]]
+*[[Acute rheumatic fever]]
+*[[Amyloidosis]]
+*[[Ankylosing spondylitis]]
+*[[ASD]]
+*[[Bacterial endocarditis]]
+*[[Beta-blockers]]
+*[[Calcific aortic stenosis]]
+*[[Calcium channel blockers]]
+*[[Cardiac glycosides]]
+*[[Cardiac tumors]]
+*[[Chagas disease]]
+*[[Cholinesterase inhibitors]]
+*[[Clonidine]]
+*[[Degenerative diseases]]
+*[[Dermatomyositis]]
+*[[Digitalis]]
+*[[Digoxin]]
+*[[Dilated cardiomyopathy]]
+*[[Diltiazem]]
+*[[Diphtheria]]
+*[[Disopyramide]]
+*[[Dolasetron]]
+*[[Donepezil]]
+*[[Ebstein anomaly]]
+*[[Ebstein's anomaly]]
+*[[Electrolyte disturbances]]
+*[[Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy]]
+*[[vagus nerve|Enhanced vagal tone in athletes]]
+{{col-break|width=33%}}
+*[[Eslicarbazepine acetate]]
+*[[Fabry disease]]
+*[[Fesoterodine]]
+*[[Fingolimod]]
+*[[Glycogenosis type 2b]]
+*[[HCM]]
+* [[Neuromuscular disease|Hereditary neuromuscular disease]]
+*[[Hodgkin lymphoma]]
+*[[Hyperkalaemia]]
+*[[Carotid sinus hypersensitivity|Hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome]]
+*[[Hyperthyroidism]]
+*[[Hypokalaemia]]
+*[[Hypothermia]]
+*[[Ibutilide]]
+*[[Ischaemic heart disease]]
+*[[Kearns-Sayre syndrome]]
+*[[Labetalol]]
+*[[Lacosamide]]
+*[[Lanatoside C]]
+*[[Lenegre's disease]]
+*[[Lev's disease]]
+*[[Lyme disease]]
+*[[Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial genome inherited conditions]]
+*[[Multiple myeloma]]
+*[[Muscular dystrophy]]
+*[[Myocardial bridging]]
+*[[Myocarditis]]
+*[[Myotonic dystrophy]]
+*[[Myxedema]]
+{{col-break|width=33%}}
+*[[Neonatal lupus erythematosus]]
+*[[prolonged PR interval|Normal variants of PR  prolongation]]
+*[[Paliperidone]]
+*[[aortic valve  replacement|Post aortic valve replacement ]]
+*[[catheter ablation|Post catheter ablation for  arrhythmias]]
+*[[Ventricular septal defect surgery|Post closure of a  ventricular septal defect]]
+*[[mitral valve  replacement|Post mitral valve  replacement]]
+*[[Procainamide]]
+*[[Propoxyphene]]
+*[[Propranolol]]
+*[[Protozoa|Protozoal infection]]
+*[[Quinidine]]
+*[[Quinine]]
+*[[Rheumatic fever|Rheumatic mitral valve disease]]
+*[[Sarcoidosis]]
+*[[SLE]]
+*[[Systemic sclerosis]]
+*[[Terodiline]]
+*[[Tetralogy of Fallot]]
+*[[periodic  paralysis|Thyrotoxic periodic  paralysis]]
+*[[Tolterodine]]
+*[[Transposition of the great  vessels]]
+*[[vagus nerve|Vagal maneuvers]]
+*[[Valsalva maneuver]]
+*[[Valvular heart disease]]
+*[[Verapamil]]
+*[[VSD]]
+*[[sex linkage|X-linked inherited  conditions]]
+{{col-end}}
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