Impulses, or electrical signals, travel through both the left and right chambers of your heart to make it pump. But if the pathway is blocked, the impulses may move slower than normal or irregularly.
From the Heart Station of the Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island. † Resident physician, Heart Station of the Rhode Island Hospital. ‡ Director, Heart Station of the Rhode Island Hospital.
Normal sinus rhythm Third degree AV block (a.k.a. complete heart block) Inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction (Inferior STEMI) Incomplete right bundle branch block Ischemia of the AV node and ...
A right bundle branch block (RBBB) involves a delay in the electrical impulses reaching the heart’s right ventricle, which can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively. While RBBB doesn’t ...
Almost one-third of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a balloon-expandable device develop new-onset left bundle branch block, although the condition resolves by ...
In order for your heart to beat properly, your heart’s tissue conducts electrical impulses throughout your heart muscle in a regular pattern. This electrical impulse causes the upper chambers (atria) ...
From the Heart Station of the Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island. † Resident physician, Heart Station of the Rhode Island Hospital. ‡ Director, Heart Station of the Rhode Island Hospital.