RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
An atrioventricular block that is characterized by progressive prolongation of the PR interval on consecutive beats followed by a blocked P wave on electrocardiogram or intermittently non-conducted P waves not preceded by PR changes on electrocardiogram caused by a conduction block between the atria and the ventricles through the atrioventricular node. (DO)