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Bundle branch block is a condition in which there's a delay or blockage along the pathway that electrical impulses travel to make the heart beat. It sometimes makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body.
If you have a heart condition causing bundle branch block, treatment might involve medications to reduce high blood pressure or reduce symptoms of heart failure.
Left bundle branch block (LBBB) occurs when something blocks or disrupts the electrical impulse that causes your heart to beat. This block leads to an abnormal heart rhythm. A diagnosis of left bundle branch block often means that you have an underlying heart condition.
The American Heart Association explains common conduction disorders such as bundle branch block, heart block and Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). You can have a conduction disorder without having an arrhythmia, but some arrhythmias arise from conduction disorders.
A bundle branch block refers to a condition that arises from a blocked electrical pathway in the heart, causing the left and right sides of your heart to beat out of sync. When a person has a “right” bundle branch block, the right side of the heart beats slightly later than the left side.
A bundle branch block (BBB) is a blockage or disruption to the electrical signal that causes your heart to beat. BBB can affect your right ventricle (right bundle branch block), left ventricle (left bundle branch block) or both ventricles.
Right bundle branch block (RBB) is an electrocardiogram finding resulting in a widened QRS and electrocardiographic vector changes. Although usually benign, this finding can represent underlying myocardial disease and is a predictor of mortality in certain patient populations.
Left bundle branch block (LBBB) has been proposed as a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We sought to characterize the strength of these associations in a population without preexisting clinical heart disease. Methods.
In patients with heart failure, the presence of left bundle branch block is associated with increased cardiovascular outcomes and mortality. The cardiology nurse should educate the patient on the significance of LBBB.
Treatment. Complications. 2 min read. Impulses, or electrical signals, travel through both the left and right chambers of your heart to make it pump. But if the pathway is blocked, the impulses...