Heart Block
"Heart Block" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Impaired conduction of cardiac impulse that can occur anywhere along the conduction pathway, such as between the SINOATRIAL NODE and the right atrium (SA block) or between atria and ventricles (AV block). Heart blocks can be classified by the duration, frequency, or completeness of conduction block. Reversibility depends on the degree of structural or functional defects.
| Descriptor ID |
D006327
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.067.558 C23.550.073.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Heart Block- Heart Block
- Block, Heart
- Blocks, Heart
- Heart Blocks
Auriculo-Ventricular Dissociation- Auriculo-Ventricular Dissociation
- Auriculo Ventricular Dissociation
- Auriculo-Ventricular Dissociations
- Dissociation, Auriculo-Ventricular
- Dissociations, Auriculo-Ventricular
- Atrioventricular Dissociation
- Atrioventricular Dissociations
- Dissociation, Atrioventricular
- Dissociations, Atrioventricular
- A-V Dissociation
- A V Dissociation
- A-V Dissociations
- Dissociation, A-V
- Dissociations, A-V
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