Case of Reversible Complete Heart Block

Author:

De l'Etoile-Morel, S, Feteih, A, Hogan, C, Vinh, DC, and Thanassoulis, G

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2017-08

Journal/Series title:

Am J Med.

Volume:

130

Issue:

URL:

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)30247-4/fulltext

Abstract:

A previously healthy Caucasian 22-year-old man presented to a southern Quebec community hospital with syncopal episodes for 1 week. He was found to be hypotensive and bradycardic (heart rate 36 beats per minute), owing to third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block, which did not respond to atropine. A perfusion of isoprenaline was started, and the patient was transferred to a tertiary care center in Montreal.