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==Epidemiology and demographics== | ==Epidemiology and demographics== | ||
=== Prevalence === | |||
* In the United States, the prevalence of second-degree AV block is believed to be 3 in 100,000 individual.<ref name="pmid2191578">{{cite journal| author=Zehender M, Meinertz T, Keul J, Just H| title=ECG variants and cardiac arrhythmias in athletes: clinical relevance and prognostic importance. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1990 | volume= 119 | issue= 6 | pages= 1378-91 | pmid=2191578 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8703(05)80189-9 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2191578 }}</ref> | |||
* Nearly 3% of patients with underlying structural heart disease develop some form of second-degree AV block. The male-to-female ratio of second-degree AV block is 1:1. | |||
=== Gender === | |||
* Men and women are affected equally by second degree AV block. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and demographics
Prevalence
- In the United States, the prevalence of second-degree AV block is believed to be 3 in 100,000 individual.[1]
- Nearly 3% of patients with underlying structural heart disease develop some form of second-degree AV block. The male-to-female ratio of second-degree AV block is 1:1.
Gender
- Men and women are affected equally by second degree AV block.
References
- ↑ Zehender M, Meinertz T, Keul J, Just H (1990). "ECG variants and cardiac arrhythmias in athletes: clinical relevance and prognostic importance". Am Heart J. 119 (6): 1378–91. doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(05)80189-9. PMID 2191578.