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Atrioventricular Heart Block

Impairment of conduction of cardiac impulses from the atria to the ventricles, usually due to a block in the atrioventricular junctional tissue (atrioventricular node, bundle of His, or bundle branches). It is generally subclassified as first, second or third degree atrioventricular block.

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