What is heart block?

Heart block is a delay in or absence of electrical conduction from the atria to the ventricles in the heart. The severity of the conduction abnormality is described in degrees: first-degree; second-degree, type I or type II, and third-degree (complete) heart block.

How do members experience heart block?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with heart block*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for heart block*

Who has heart block on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 13
30s 27
40s 25
50s 45
60s 73
70+ 97

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 117
Female 152

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What is heart block?

Heart block is a delay in or absence of electrical conduction from the atria to the ventricles in the heart. The severity of the conduction abnormality is described in degrees: first-degree; second-degree, type I or type II, and third-degree (complete) heart block.



Common symptoms reported by people with heart block

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for heart block

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Compare treatments taken by people with heart block

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Who has heart block on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 120 say heart block is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 13
30s 27
40s 25
50s 45
60s 73
70+ 97
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 9
20-29 years 5
30-39 years 9
40-49 years 13
50-59 years 23
60-69 years 7
70+ years 3

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 117
Female 152

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 106
Not Diagnosed 5

These charts show data from heart block patients who have completed their condition history
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