Heart Block

                                HEART BLOCK (AV BLOCK)
Heart block is conduction block from the atrium to the ventricle, can occur for a variety of causes in the clinical situation, and classified in a number of ways. The etiology may be functional or structural, the heart block may be classified by is severity from first to third-degree or complete AV block. 

                                                           
                                                       



                                       ECG OF AV BLOCK 























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