Syncope due to Paroxysmal Complete Atrioventricular Block in a Patient with Aortic Valve Stenosis

A 66-year-old man was admitted due to repeated syncope, and the electrocardiogram showed complete atrioventricular block (CAVB). He had moderate aortic valve stenosis (AS) with a severely calcified valve. This case indicates that if calcification spreads into the cardiac conduction system, it may ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2014, Vol.53(12), pp.1347-1349
Hauptverfasser: Sekimoto, Yasuhito, Nishizaki, Yuji, Sesoko, Masahiro, Sai, Eiryu, Yamashita, Haruyo, Yamagami, Shinichiro, Daida, Hiroyuki
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Zusammenfassung:A 66-year-old man was admitted due to repeated syncope, and the electrocardiogram showed complete atrioventricular block (CAVB). He had moderate aortic valve stenosis (AS) with a severely calcified valve. This case indicates that if calcification spreads into the cardiac conduction system, it may cause CAVB. Although CAVB is not typically considered a main cause of syncope in AS patients, it should nevertheless be considered in the differential diagnosis.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1881