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Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

In second-degree heart block, an atrial deflection (P wave) not followed by a ventricular deflection (QRS complex).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
CONT

Le bloc auriculo-ventriculaire paroxystique se révèle habituellement par des syncopes qui ont volontiers les caractères du syndrome d'Adams-Stokes, elles sont dues à des pauses ventriculaires, presque toujours en rapport avec des anomalies de conduction latentes au niveau du tronc du faisceau de His ou à l'étage infra-hisien.

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