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==Overview==
Laboratory tests in [[patients]] with second degree [[AV block]] include checking the levels of serum electrolytes as [[calcium]], [[magnesium]] and [[potassium]]. [[Myocarditis]] related lab tests as [[lyme]] titres, [[HIV]] tests, [[PCR]] for [[enteroviruses]], and [[Chagas]] titres should be done also.


==Overview==
==Laboratory findings==
==Laboratory findings==
Patients with second degree AV block should be checked for the following laboratory tests:<ref name="pmid1008977">{{cite journal| author=Gupta PK, Lichstein E, Chadda KD| title=Chronic His bundle block. Clinical, electrocardiographic, electrophysiological, and follow-up studies on 16 patients. | journal=Br Heart J | year= 1976 | volume= 38 | issue= 12 | pages= 1343-9 | pmid=1008977 | doi=10.1136/hrt.38.12.1343 | pmc=483178 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1008977  }}</ref>
[[Patients]] with second degree [[AV block]] should be checked for the following laboratory tests:<ref name="pmid1008977">{{cite journal| author=Gupta PK, Lichstein E, Chadda KD| title=Chronic His bundle block. Clinical, electrocardiographic, electrophysiological, and follow-up studies on 16 patients. | journal=Br Heart J | year= 1976 | volume= 38 | issue= 12 | pages= 1343-9 | pmid=1008977 | doi=10.1136/hrt.38.12.1343 | pmc=483178 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1008977  }}</ref>


* Serum electrolytes  
* Serum [[electrolytes]]
* Calcium  
* [[Calcium]]
* Magnesium  
* [[Magnesium]]
* Myocardial enzymes in patients with myocardial infarction  
* [[Myocardial]] enzymes in patients with [[myocardial infarction]]
* Myocarditis related laboratory tests as the following:<ref name="pmid18532885">{{cite journal| author=Steere AC, McHugh G, Damle N, Sikand VK| title=Prospective study of serologic tests for lyme disease. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2008 | volume= 47 | issue= 2 | pages= 188-95 | pmid=18532885 | doi=10.1086/589242 | pmc=5538270 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18532885  }}</ref>  
* [[Myocarditis]] related laboratory tests as the following:<ref name="pmid18532885">{{cite journal| author=Steere AC, McHugh G, Damle N, Sikand VK| title=Prospective study of serologic tests for lyme disease. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2008 | volume= 47 | issue= 2 | pages= 188-95 | pmid=18532885 | doi=10.1086/589242 | pmc=5538270 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18532885  }}</ref>  
** Lyme titers
** [[Lyme]] titres
** HIV tests  
** [[HIV]] tests
** PCR for enteroviruses  
** [[PCR]] for [[enteroviruses]]
** Chagas titers
** [[Chagas]] titres


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Laboratory tests in patients with second degree AV block include checking the levels of serum electrolytes as calcium, magnesium and potassium. Myocarditis related lab tests as lyme titres, HIV tests, PCR for enteroviruses, and Chagas titres should be done also.

Laboratory findings

Patients with second degree AV block should be checked for the following laboratory tests:[1]

References

  1. Gupta PK, Lichstein E, Chadda KD (1976). "Chronic His bundle block. Clinical, electrocardiographic, electrophysiological, and follow-up studies on 16 patients". Br Heart J. 38 (12): 1343–9. doi:10.1136/hrt.38.12.1343. PMC 483178. PMID 1008977.
  2. Steere AC, McHugh G, Damle N, Sikand VK (2008). "Prospective study of serologic tests for lyme disease". Clin Infect Dis. 47 (2): 188–95. doi:10.1086/589242. PMC 5538270. PMID 18532885.


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