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Type 1 second-degree heart block is considered more benign than type 2 second-degree heart block. [4] The type 1 does not have structural changes found on histology. Both types are named after Woldemar Mobitz. [5] [6] Type I is also named after Karel Frederik Wenckebach, [7] and type II is also named after John Hay. [8] [9]
The heart rate produced by the ventricles is much slower than that produced by the SA node. [1] Some AV blocks are benign, or normal, in certain people, such as in athletes or children. Other blocks are pathologic, or abnormal, and have several causes, including ischemia, infarction, fibrosis, and drugs.
Types of SA nodal blocks include: SA node Wenckebach (Mobitz I) [4] SA node Mobitz II; SA node exit block; In addition to the above blocks, the SA node can be suppressed by any other arrhythmia that reaches it. This includes retrograde conduction from the ventricles, ectopic atrial beats, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter. [citation needed]
426.13 Atrioventricular block, Wenckebach's; 426.3 Bundle branch block, left; 426.4 Bundle branch block, right; 426.6 Sinoatrial heart block; 426.7 Atrioventricular excitation, anomalous Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; 427 Cardiac dysrhythmias. 427.0 Tachycardia, paroxysmal supraventricular; 427.3 Atrial fibrillation and flutter. 427.31 Atrial ...
Karel Frederik Wenckebach (Dutch: [ˈkaːrəl ˈfreːdərɪk ˌʋɛŋkəˈbɑx]; March 24, 1864 – November 11, 1940) was a Dutch anatomist who was a native of the Hague. He studied medicine in Utrecht , and in 1901 become a professor of medicine at the University of Groningen .
The cause of congenital third-degree heart block in many patients is unknown. Studies suggest that the prevalence of congenital third-degree heart block is between 1 in 15,000 and 1 in 22,000 live births. [citation needed] Hyperkalemia in those with previous cardiac disease [8] and Lyme disease can also result in third-degree heart block. [9]
A sinoatrial block (also spelled sinuatrial block) [1] is a disorder in the normal rhythm of the heart, known as a heart block, that is initiated in the sinoatrial node.The initial action impulse in a heart is usually formed in the sinoatrial node (SA node) and carried through the atria, down the internodal atrial pathways to the atrioventricular node (AV) node. [2]
An intraventricular block is a heart conduction disorder — heart block of the ventricles of the heart. [1] An example is a right bundle branch block, right fascicular block, bifascicular block, trifascicular block. [2] [3]