Heart Block, Third Degree: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

Adult basic life support: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations.Adult basic life support. In: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. Circulation 2005 Nov 29;112(22 Suppl):III5-16.

Advanced life support: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. Advanced life support. In: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. Circulation 2005 Nov 29;112(22 Suppl):III25-54.

Keywords

heart block, third-degree heart block, atrioventricular block, AV block, third-degree atrioventricular block, third-degree AV block, complete heart block, AV node, cardiac conduction system, AV dissociation, atrioventricular dissociation, His bundle

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Michael D Levine, MD, Physician, Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
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David FM Brown, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate-Chief, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
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