Preparing questions in advance can help patients have more meaningful discussions with their physicians about their conditions. Patients may wish to ask their doctors the following questions related to heart block:

1. What type of heart block do I have?
   
   
2. I have no symptoms. How can you tell I have heart block?
   
   
3. How long can it take to diagnose heart block if I do not have symptoms all the time?
   
   
4. Will my heart block worsen to another type, or get better?
   
   
5. How long does heart block take to worsen?
   
   
6. If I get a pacemaker, will that eliminate my symptoms?
   
   
7. Will I notice the pacemaker’s effect on my heart?
   
   
8. Can I take daily medication to treat heart block?
   
   
9. If my heart block worsens can it cause a heart attack?
   
   
10. Will a pacemaker affect other conditions I have or medications I take?