Left Bundle-branch Block—Pathophysiology, Prognosis, and Clinical Management
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Left bundle-branch block--pathophysiology, prognosis, and clinical management.
Given its broad use as a screening tool, the electrocardiogram (ECG) has largely become one of the most common diagnostic tests performed in routine clinical practice. As a result, the finding of left bundle-branch block (LBBB) in the absence of a well-defined clinical setting has become relatively frequent and raises questions and often concerns. While in the absence of clinically detectable h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20200