See Also: Complete Heart Block (heart block)(health)
heart block(medicine)
Heart block(health)
congenital heart block(medicine)
partial heart block(medicine)
complete A-V block(medicine)
John of Damascus, Saint(encyclopedia)
Sacred Heart Community Health Centre(health)
Saint John's Health System(health)
Saint John's Health Center(health)

Complete Heart Block (heart block) (health) and John of Damascus, Saint (sh)


Complete Heart Block (heart block) (health)


An arrhythmia. The electrical current is slowed between the atria and ventricles. In more severe cases, conduction is blocked completely and the atria and ventricles beat independently.





John of Damascus, Saint (sh)




or Saint John Damascene

born งใ 675, Damascus
died Dec. 4, 749, near Jerusalem; Western feast day December 4

Monk and theological doctor of the Greek and Latin churches.

He spent his entire life under Muslim rule. As a writer of hymns and theology, he had great influence in the Eastern and Western churches, especially through Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, a summary of the teachings of the Greek Fathers. He also wrote against the Iconoclasts (see iconoclasm).