Regional Work in Left Bundle Branch Block: A Balancing Act With Clinical Implications

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Nov;14(11):2070-2072. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.05.028. Epub 2021 Jul 14.

Authors

John Gorcsan 3rd¹, Peter R Huntjens², Soraya Samii³

Affiliations

¹ Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: jgorcsan@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Washington University Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
³ Heart and Vascular Institute, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 34274274
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.05.028

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac resynchronization therapy; heart failure; left bundle branch block; myocardial work; septal rebound stretch; strain.

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MeSH terms

Bundle-Branch Block / diagnostic imaging
Bundle-Branch Block / therapy
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy*
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / therapy