impaired conduction or blocking of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat, resulting in a lack of coordination between the beating of the atria and the ventricles
Also called: Adams-Stokes syndrome, atrioventricular block
Examples of 'atrioventricular block' in a sentence
atrioventricular block
She suffered from dextrocardia, a rare congenital heart defect, and a third-degree atrioventricular block.