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Heart Block
SYMPTOMS. Signs may include near-fainting, dizziness and sometimes a flutter
or palpitation in the chest. Rarely, there may be fainting and convulsions.
CAUSES. Chronic heart disease or an overdose of heart drugs may cause the
electrical activity that governs the work of the heart's pumping chambers to
be slowed or interupted.
TREATMENT. If overdose, condition will be corrected when dosage is changed.
.May require that a pacemaker be implanted.