DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i08.027

Pages: 1923-1926

Atrioventricular (AV) block is an interruption or delay to the electrical conduction due to conduction system abnormalities in the atrioventricular node or in the His-Purkinje system. In addition to intrinsic innervation, the conduction system receives an extrinsic innervation from the two contingents of the autonomic nervous system. In this paper, we present this case on atrioventricular block complicated by asystole owing to increased vagal tone to provide an insight into the contribution of the autonomic nervous system in the etiopathogenesis of conduction disorders.