🫀Complete heart block, aka third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block occurs when there is a complete interruption or blockage in the electrical signals between the upper chambers (atria) and lower chambers (ventricles). Because signals are getting blocked, there is no association between the P waves and the QRS complexes causing them both beat independently of each other. The atria maintain their own rhythm, and the ventricles establish a separate rhythm.⁣ ⁣ 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀⁣ Patients with compl

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What is atrioventricular block? Atrioventricular (AV) block is a type of heart block where the electrical signal moving through the heart gets delayed or blocked entirely when moving from the upper chambers–the atria—to the lower chambers—the ventricles. Watch the full video at http://osms.it/fbAVblock | Osmosis from Elsevier