ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices—Summary Article: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/NASPE Committee to Update the 1998 Pacemaker Guidelines)

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002-11, Vol.40 (9), p.1703-1719
• Main Authors: Gregoratos, Gabriel, Abrams, Jonathan, Epstein, Andrew E, Freedman, Roger A, Hayes, David L, Hlatky, Mark A, Kerber, Richard E, Naccarelli, Gerald V, Schoenfeld, Mark H, Silka, Michael J, Winters, Stephen L, Gibbons, Raymond J, Antman, Elliott M, Alpert, Joseph S, Hiratzka, Loren F, Faxon, David P, Jacobs, Alice K, Fuster, Valentin, Smith, Sidney C
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arrhythmias, Cardiac - classification; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - prevention & control; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy; arryhthmia; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Committees; defibrillation; Family medical history; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Humans; Neuromuscular diseases; Pacemaker, Artificial; pacemakers; syncope
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02528-7

The reader is referred to the full-text version of the guidelines posted on the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) World Wide Web sites for a more detailed exposition of the rationale for these changes. [...]degree AV block at any anatomic level, associated with any one of the following conditions:a. Bradycardia with symptoms presumed to be due to AV block. [...]degree and advanced second-degree AV block at any anatomic level, associated with any one of the following conditions: a. Bradycardia with symptoms (including heart failure) presumed to be due to AV block.