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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

In the United States, the prevalence of second-degree AV block is believed to be 3 in 100,000 individual.^[1]
Nearly 3% of patients with underlying structural heart disease develop some form of second-degree AV block. The male-to-female ratio of second-degree AV block is 1:1.