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CLINICAL ASSOCIATION OF LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK ARETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 275 CASES | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-79 | ||
| Author | ||
| Dr. Mohanad AL-Jashami | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Medical records of ( 275 ) Patients with Known Ieft bundle branch block (LBBB) were analyzed for their Clinical associations including various cardiac and non-cardiac diseases, ECG analysis of the mean frontal plane QRS axis, and echocardiographic analysis of left and right ventricular function and size, left and right a trial size, and aortic and mitral valves. Coronary artery disease and Hypertension were the commonest clinical diseases found occurring in ( 166) of (275) patients (62.4%). Aortic and mitral valves diseases were found in (55) patients (20%). Cardiomyopathy was found in (33) patients (12%). Seventeen patients (6%) had no identifiable cardiac disease. Left axis deviation (LAD) was present in (35%) and the majority of these (96%) had associated cardiac disorders . Of the (17) patients without an identifiable cardiac disease , 16 (93%) had normal QRS axis . About (93%) of the patients with LBBB had echocardiographic evidence of heart diseases . | ||
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