Woldemar Mobitz (1889 – 1951) was a German physician.
Mobitz applied a mathematical approach to analyzing arrhythmias by graphing the relationship of changing atrial rates and premature beats to AV conduction. Produced his classification of Second-degree AV block in 1924.
A quiet, scholarly man, burdened by chronic illness (laryngeal tuberculosis).
Mobitz applied a mathematical approach to analyzing arrhythmias by graphing the relationship of changing atrial rates and premature beats to AV conduction.
In 1924 he classified second-degree atrioventricular (AV) block into 2 principle types, subsequently referred to as Mobitz type I (Wenckebach) and Mobitz type II (Hay).
Mobitz W. Zur Frage der atrioventrikulären Automatie: Die Interferenzdissoziation [To the question of atrioventricular automation: the interference dissociation]. Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin. 1923; 141: 257–289.
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Langendorf R, Pick A. Atrioventricular block, type II (Mobitz): its nature and clinical significance. Circulation. 1968; 38: 819–821.