Electrocardiographic markers of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with left bundle branch block


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DENİZ A., ÖZMEN Ç., Aktas H., Berk I. G., DEVECİ O. S., ÇAĞLIYAN Ç. E., ...More

KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA, vol.74, no.1, pp.25-31, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 74 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5603/kp.a2015.0119
  • Journal Name: KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.25-31
  • Keywords: heart failure, systolic dysfunction, left bundle branch block, CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE, CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE, FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITIES, QRS DURATION, SCINTIGRAPHY, MORTALITY, RISK, MEN
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Although some patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) have structural heart diseases, some patients with LBBB have "normal hearts". The electrocardiography (ECG) criteria of LBBB in reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) have not been defined completely.