Left ventricular end-diastolic extrasystole with pseudonormalization of a left bundle branch block unmasking inferior ischemia

J Electrocardiol. 1999 Jan;32(1):73-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-0736(99)90024-9.

Abstract

An electrocardiogram tracing of a patient in conducted sinus rhythm with left bundle branch block is shown, in which occasional pseudonormalization of intraventricular conduction is seen. This event is attributed to ventricular fusions with end-diastolic extrasystoles of the left His-Purkinje system distal to the block site. This type of extrasystole is discussed. In this case, normalization of ventricular activation allowed for diagnosis of inferior subepicardial ischemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bundle-Branch Block / complications*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis
  • Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diastole
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / complications*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / complications*
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / physiopathology