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Electrocardiographic patterns of left bundle-branch block caused by intraventricular conduction impairment in working myocardium: a model study.

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UNLABELLED:By definition, the electrocardiographic (ECG) patterns of left bundle-branch block (LBBB) represent distinctive changes in duration and shape of the QRS complex caused by intraventricular conduction delay in the left ventricle (LV) due to structural abnormalities in the His-Purkinje conduction system and/or ventricular myocardium. However, impaired conduction in the working myocardium is not taken into consideration in the practical ECG diagnosis. Because the degree of LV myocardium impairment could be of importance for clinical evaluation of patients, we studied the effects of blocked and of delayed onsets of activation in the LV to simulate complete and incomplete LBBBs and slowed conduction in the LV myocardium by applying an analytical computer model. We demonstrated that typical LBBB patterns were caused both by block or delay in the onset of the LV activation, as well as by impaired conduction in the myocardium itself while maintaining the location and onset of the LV activation. The most important difference was the absence of initial anteriorly oriented electrical forces in cases of the simulated complete LBBB and of incomplete LBBB if the onset of LV activation was delayed (≥ 6 milliseconds). Under the conditions defined in this model that did not consider myocardial infarction, the presence of initial anteriorly oriented electrical forces was indicative of preserved conduction in the left bundle and of impaired conduction in LV working myocardium. CONCLUSION:The elucidation of the participation of working myocardium impairment in the intraventricular conduction delay in the LV could be of vital significance for the clinical management of patients with LBBB patterns, for example, indicated for resynchronization therapy.

journal_name

J Electrocardiol

journal_title

Journal of electrocardiology

authors

Bacharova L,Szathmary V,Mateasik A

doi

10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.03.007

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-11-01 00:00:00

pages

768-78

issue

eissn

0022-0736

issn

1532-8430

pii

S0022-0736(11)00125-7

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Electrocardiographic patterns of left bundle-branch block caused by intraventricular conduction impairment in working myocardium: a model study.