The electromechanical substrate for response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with right bundle branch block

Atwater, Brett D.; Wagner, Galen S.; Kisslo, Joseph; Risum, Niels

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“…Recently, several reports have suggested that RBBB patients with LBBB morphology in the limb leads have significant LV activation delays and respond better to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) than those with typical RBBB. 7 , 8 Therefore, we believe that our patient was a candidate for CRT. However, due to physical limitations in activities of daily living secondary to a prior accident, the patient refused CRT.…”

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<p>Left Ventricular Contraction Sequence in a Case Where the QRS Changed from Left to Atypical Right Bundle Branch Block</p>

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“…During the evaluations of LS using speckle tracking echocardiography, an early systolic LV contraction was observed in the inferior wall, followed by late contraction in the anterior wall. 7 , 11 …”

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<p>Left Ventricular Contraction Sequence in a Case Where the QRS Changed from Left to Atypical Right Bundle Branch Block</p>

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Nagata²,

Ito³

et al. 2020

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“…Several articles showed some correlation with electrical activation. [4][5][6][7] Still, the relationship between electrical disturbance and LVMD is partly unclear among these patients with RBBB.…”

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Electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with right bundle branch block

Solodky

Zafrir

2020

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

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The prevalence of Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) as seen in a routine electrocardiogram is about 3 to 5 % of the general population. Patients with RBBB have specific signs of conduction delay seen on ECG with wide QRS (electrical dyssynchrony). RBBB may be associated with some anatomical heart disease and some with arrhythmias. Although the majority of patients with RBBB on ECG have fairly benign reputation, in some reports, RBBB is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality as well as all-cause mortality. 1-3 Moreover, the new onset of RBBB predicts a higher rate of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and cardiovascular mortality. When cardiac disease is present, the coexistence of RBBB suggests an advanced disease. 1 One of the mechanisms for heart failure is that RBBB can cause left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony (LVMD). The LVMD might be interventricular, intraventricular, or both. Several articles showed some correlation with electrical activation. 4-7 Still, the relationship between electrical disturbance and LVMD is partly unclear among these patients with RBBB.However, patients with RBBB may have as well LVMD with or without LV dysfunction. The relevance of LVMD in patients with RBBB and LV dysfunction is in applying those patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).The major indication for CRT is in patients with LBBB with QRS width above 120 msec and LV dysfunction and heart failure. [8][9][10] The importance of LVMD in those patients with LBBB has been vastly studied by several imaging modalities especially by echo-Doppler, and also by MRI and phase analysis by GATED SPECT MPI. 8-12 LVMD in LBBB is part of the guidelines in selection of patients for CRT.Several studies compared the efficiency of LVMD in LBBB compared to RBBB. The first study on dogs by MJ Byrne et al found that less LVMD is induced by RBBB than in LBBB in failing hearts as such the impact of CRT on these dogs is reduced. 8 RBBB was studied in patients with impaired LV function. It was found that patients with increased time difference (TD) of septal-lateral activation by echo-Doppler, improved clinically after CRT. 4 However in a large study on 561 consecutive patients who received CRT, 89 (16%) patients had RBBB. LV dyssynchrony was assessed by tissue echo-Doppler, before and 6 months after CRT. The authors found that at long-term follow-up, LVMD and mitral regurgitation were identified as independent predictors of all-cause mortality and heart failure hospitalization among RBBB patients. 12 As such assessment of LVMD may have a crucial decision in the treatment of CHF patients with RBBB by selecting CRT as a preferable treatment in addition to medical therapy.Most of those studies assessing the LVMD in patients with RBBB were done by echo-Doppler. Although there are many publications on LVMD including different clinical subsets by phase analysis and SPECT MPI, 10-17 the issue on patients with RBBB specifically has not been evaluated.In this issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Sillanm...

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Right Bundle Branch Block: Current Considerations

Ikeda

2021

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: RBBB, a pattern seen on the 12-lead ECG, results when normal electrical activity in the His-Purkinje system is interrupted by some reason. The normal sequence of activation is altered in RBBB, with a resultant characteristic appearance on the ECG manifest by a widened QRS complex and changes in the directional vectors of the R and S waves. This ECG pattern is often seen in clinical practice and generally regarded as benign. The anatomy, epidemiology, causes, symptoms, ECG findings and diagnosis, differential diagnosis in ECG, treatment, complications, prognosis, with respect to RBBB is outlined here, demonstrating some typical ECGs of RBBB.

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The electromechanical substrate for response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with right bundle branch block

Abstract: Patients with RBBB, left axis deviation, and no prior anterior MI may have LV dyssynchrony between the anterior and inferior walls that is correctable with CRT.

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<p>Left Ventricular Contraction Sequence in a Case Where the QRS Changed from Left to Atypical Right Bundle Branch Block</p>

<p>Left Ventricular Contraction Sequence in a Case Where the QRS Changed from Left to Atypical Right Bundle Branch Block</p>

Electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with right bundle branch block

Right Bundle Branch Block: Current Considerations

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