Cardiovascular · UKMLA & AKT
First-degree AV block
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Slowed (not blocked) AV nodal conduction - every P wave still conducts, 1:1 ratio maintained
- Almost always asymptomatic - incidental ECG finding; no haemodynamic compromise
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