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| [[Paroxysmal AV Block Epidemiology|Epidemiology]] | [[Paroxysmal AV Block Etiology|Etiology]] | | [[Paroxysmal AV Block Epidemiology|Epidemiology]] | [[Paroxysmal AV Block Etiology|Etiology]] |
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| | ==[[Paroxysmal AV block Differentiating Paroxysmal AV Block from other Diseases |Differentiating Paroxysmal AV Block from other Diseases]]== |
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| | [[Paroxysmal AV Block Differential Diagnosis|Differential Diagnosis]] |
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Vasaovagal Syncope ]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Occurs secondary to emotional distress, prolonged standing, painful stimuli. Seen more in women and may be diagnosed by tilt table testing. Not associated with periods of asystole.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Situational Syncope ]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Due to cardioinhibitory and vasopressor mechanisms. Syncope may be associated with cough, micturition and defecation. Not associated with periods of asystole.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Carotid Sinus hypersensitivity]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Common causes of unexplained syncope in individuals more than 40 years of age. Syncope may be associated with wearing shirts with tight collars. Not associated with periods of asystole.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |'''[[Aortic Stenosis ]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Presents with syncope, angina and dyspnea on exertion. Not associated with periods of asystole but may show features of left ventricular hypertrophy. On Physical examination,pulsus parvus et tardus may be noted and a systolic click followed by a crescendo decrescendo murmur may be heard over the aortic area.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Common cause of sudden cardiac death in adolescents during physical activity. Family history is often present. Not associated with periods of asystole.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[1st Degree AV Block ]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Associated with persistently prolonged PR interval with or without narrow QRS complexes. Not associated with periods of asystole.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[2nd Degree AV Block]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Mobitz type 1 is associated with progressively prolonged PR interval till one p wave does not conduct a QRS complex and group beating. Mobitz type 2 is associated with an episodic and unpredictable absence of conduction.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[3rd Degree AV Block]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Complete dissociation between P and QRS complexes. Narrow or wide junctional or escape rhythms may be present. May present with syncope, asystole and sudden cardiac death. | |
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Atrial Fibrillation]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | May present with syncope, presyncope, lightheadedness or palpitations. Associated with irregular RR intervals and absence of clearly defined P waves.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Congenital long QT syndrome/ Torsade de pointes ]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Associated with electrolyte abnormalities such as hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia or congenital conditions such as Jervell- Lange- Nielsen Syndrome and Romano ward Syndrome which may degenerate into a life threatening polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Seizures]]'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | May be associated with generalized tonic clonic movements, tongue bite, bowel or bladder incontinence, a post ictal state and Todd’s paralysis. Following a loss of consciousness, there is a delayed recovery time.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''Others'''
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Atrial Flutter,Subclavian Steal syndrome, Vertebrobasilar Transient Ischemic Attacks, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Psychogenic Pseudosyncope, Psychogenic Non epileptic Seizures.
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| ==[[Paroxysmal AV Block Natural History, Complications and Prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]== | | ==[[Paroxysmal AV Block Natural History, Complications and Prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]== |