First degree AV block epidemiology and demographics
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- In the United States, the prevalence of first degree AV block is estimated to be 650 to 1600 per 100,000 individuals.[1][2]
Incidence
- The incidence of first degree AV block is 13 per 100,000 individuals.
Age
- First degree AV block is associated with advanced age.
- Prevalence of first degree AV block in men older than 60 years is 5000 per 100,000.
References
- ↑ Upshaw CB (2004). "Comparison of the prevalence of first-degree atrioventricular block in African-American and in Caucasian patients: an electrocardiographic study III". J Natl Med Assoc. 96 (6): 756–60. PMC 2568382. PMID 15233485.
- ↑ Bexton RS, Camm AJ (1984). "First degree atrioventricular block". Eur Heart J. 5 Suppl A: 107–9. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_a.107. PMID 6373267.