Complete atrioventricular block and asystole in a patient with an inferior acute myocardial infarction: what is the mechanism?

Heart Rhythm. 2008 Jul;5(7):1077-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.004. Epub 2007 Sep 18.

Authors

Agustín Bortone¹, Jean-Paul Albenque, Eloi Marijon, Jean-Pierre Donzeau

Affiliation

¹ Electrophysiology and Pacing, Defibrillation Department, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.

PMID: 18486562
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Atrioventricular Block / complications
Atrioventricular Block / physiopathology*
Cardiac Catheterization
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / physiopathology*
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology*
Pacemaker, Artificial