OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and significance of second- or third-degree heart block among patients with inferior myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic therapy. BACKGROUND Data from the prethrombolytic era suggest that heart block occurs in approximately 20% of patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction and is associated with a marked incre...

When a patient is suspected of having Stokes-Adams disease the electrocardiogram is of critical importance, particularly in respect of the auriculo-ventricular (A-V) conduction time. Should this not be prolonged, the possibility of paroxysmal heart block remains, although the diagnosis of Stokes-Adams disease is uncertain without some degree of heart block recorded graphically. It is not known ...