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Year : 2020 | Volume
: 21 | Issue : 4 | Page : 309-
Negative hemodynamic impact of left bundle branch block in chronic systolic heart failure
Hira Pervez1, Muhammad Rizwan Sardar2,
1 Department of Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
2 Department of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Ohio, USA
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Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Sardar
8868 Camden Road, NW Massillon, Ohio 44646
USA
How to cite this article:
Pervez H, Sardar MR. Negative hemodynamic impact of left bundle branch block in chronic systolic heart failure.Heart Views 2020;21:309-309
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Pervez H, Sardar MR. Negative hemodynamic impact of left bundle branch block in chronic systolic heart failure. Heart Views [serial online] 2020 [cited 2023 Feb 5 ];21:309-309
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We present the imaging finding in a 64-year-old patient with heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction: 20%) and intermittent left bundle branch block (LBBB). Change of QRS morphology from LBBB to right bundle branch block (arrow) causes instantaneous 68% increase in stroke volume, 4% increase in ventricular pulse pressure, and 10% increase in dP/dT, illustrating the negative hemodynamic impact of LBBB in patients with systolic heart failure. The image illustrates in real time the negative hemodynamic impact of LBBB in patients with chronic systolic heart failure [Figure 1].{Figure 1}
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