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Concealed His Extrasystoles: A Masquerader of AV Block
  • Rady Ho,
  • Jeremy Ruskin,
  • Chee Yuan Ng
Rady Ho
Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit Heart Center Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA

Corresponding Author:rho2@mgh.harvard.edu

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Jeremy Ruskin
Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit Heart Center Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA
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Chee Yuan Ng
Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit Heart Center Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA
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Abstract

Concealed His extrasystoles are a well-known masquerader of AV block. It is therefore necessary to consider pseudo AV block in patients who develop unexpected AV block without a clear etiology. In this report, we present a case of a 46-year-old female who was found to have pseudo-Mobitz II AV block secondary to His extrasystoles diagnosed on surface ECG without requiring invasive electrophysiology study. We also demonstrated in this patient that flecainide can be an effective treatment for His extrasystoles.