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Why is there bradycardia in complete heart block?

scilearner
in Biology

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Ok I know that atria and ventricles contract independently and it makes sense heart would beat slower but what is the exact reason. The accesssory pacemaker that activates ventricles, is is lot slower than AV node is that the reason? Thanks :)

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