Left bundle branch block in infants with dilated cardiomyopathy conveys a poor prognosis

Cardiol Young. 1999 Jan;9(1):55-7. doi: 10.1017/s1047951100007381.

Abstract

We describe three infants <3 months of age seen consecutively with dilated cardiomyopathy who presented initially with left bundle branch block on the surface 12-lead electrocardiogram. Each infant subsequently had a poor outcome: two died and one required heart transplantation. These results suggest that the presence of left bundle branch block on the 12-lead electrocardiogram conveys a poor prognosis in infants with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bundle-Branch Block / complications*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / drug therapy
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / drug therapy
  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Cardiotonic Agents