Left bundle branch block in acute myocardial infarction: benign or malignant?
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چکیده
ight bundle branch block (RBBB) and left bundle branch lock (LBBB) occur commonly in routine electrocardioraphic testing, with RBBB often occurring in young atients without apparent organic heart disease, and LBBB ore often encountered in older patients with co-existing vidence of organic heart disease and systemic hypertension 1–3). The classic dissections of Lev (4) lent credence to peculation regarding the anatomic pathways associated ith the conduction system and their vulnerability to pecific anatomical lesions (5,6).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
دوره 46 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005