Second degree AV block epidemiology and demographics

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 individuals. Men and women are affected equally by second-degree AV block. There is no racial predilection for second degree AV block.

Epidemiology and demographics

Prevalence

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.

Gender

Men and women are affected equally by second-degree AV block.

Race

There is no racial predilection for second-degree atrioventricular block.

References

↑ Zehender M, Meinertz T, Keul J, Just H (1990). “ECG variants and cardiac arrhythmias in athletes: clinical relevance and prognostic importance”. Am Heart J. 119 (6): 1378–91. doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(05)80189-9. PMID 2191578.

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[pmid2191578-1] Zehender M, Meinertz T, Keul J, Just H (1990). “ECG variants and cardiac arrhythmias in athletes: clinical relevance and prognostic importance”. Am Heart J. 119 (6): 1378–91. doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(05)80189-9. PMID 2191578.

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