Bundle-Branch Block (Fascicular Block)

626  relevant articles (23 outcomes, 71 trials/studies) found for this Disease

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Coronary Artery Disease (Coronary Atherosclerosis)
2.	Ventricular Tachycardia
3.	Atrial Fibrillation
4.	Syncope (Fainting)
5.	Tachycardia (Tachyarrhythmias)

Experts

1.	Stewart, Ralph A H: 2 articles (08/2006 - 01/2006)
2.	White, Harvey D: 2 articles (08/2006 - 01/2006)
3.	French, John K: 2 articles (08/2006 - 01/2006)
4.	Gao, Wanzhen: 2 articles (08/2006 - 01/2006)
5.	Wong, Cheuk-Kit: 2 articles (08/2006 - 01/2006)
6.	Biggi, Alberto: 2 articles (03/2004 - 07/2002)
7.	Ribichini, Flavio: 2 articles (03/2004 - 07/2002)
8.	Feola, Mauro: 2 articles (03/2004 - 07/2002)
9.	Vigna, C: 2 articles (11/2001 - 10/2000)
10.	Katagiri, T: 2 articles (11/2000 - 05/2000)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Bundle-Branch Block:

1.	Dipyridamole (Persantine)FDA LinkGeneric 08/15/1991 - "Improved specificity of myocardial thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with left bundle branch block by dipyridamole." 01/01/1990 - "Because it seems that dipyridamole produces fewer false positive results, it should be used instead of stress testing to induce coronary vasodilatation in patients with left bundle branch block." 01/01/1990 - "Because of numerous reports of false positive results with thallium-201 (Tl-201) stress testing in patients with left bundle branch block, the authors decided to evaluate another mode of coronary vasodilatation, dipyridamole, for the diagnosis of coronary atheromatosis" 08/01/2008 - "OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between QRS duration, artifactual perfusion abnormalities, and left ventricular function in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) using dipyridamole technetium-99m sestamibi electrocardiography-gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)" 01/01/2005 - "AIM: To review the results of myocardial perfusion during rest and post-pharmacological stress induced by dipyridamole and analyze the SPECT images in patients with complete left bundle branch block LBBB, comparing the results in the presence of a normal coronary angiographic study and with critical coronary obstructions" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Verapamil (Calan)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1996 - "The aim of this study was to assess the value of this criterion when applied to patients with right bundle branch block pattern, left-axis deviation (fascicular) VT sensitive to verapamil" 03/01/1990 - "The ranges of phase 3 bundle branch block, phase 4 bundle branch block and normal conduction were very similar in control studies 1 and 2. The phase 3 bundle branch block range was slightly shortened by verapamil (983 +/- 83.5 ms in control 1; 930 +/- 69.4 ms at the peak effect of verapamil), whereas phase 4 bundle branch block remained unchanged" 04/01/1988 - "The ECG during sinus rhythm showed normal PR and QRS intervals, but it showed a left bundle branch block configuration during atrial pacing or after injection of verapamil" 11/01/1993 - "This study examines the efficacy of verapamil for the suppression of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) of left bundle branch block LBBB-like morphology" 12/01/1998 - "INTRODUCTION: Verapamil-sensitive left ventricular tachycardia (VT) with a right bundle branch block (RBBB) configuration and left-axis deviation has been demonstrated to arise from the left posterior fascicle, and can be cured by catheter ablation guided by Purkinje potentials" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	DobutamineFDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1997 - "The purpose of the current study was to document the dobutamine induced false-positive septal defect in terms of its frequency and extent on 201Tl myocardial SPECT in patient with left bundle branch block (LBBB)" 10/01/2004 - "Prognostic stratification of patients with right bundle branch block using dobutamine stress echocardiography." 11/01/2002 - "Painful left bundle branch block detected during dobutamine stress echocardiography." 06/01/1997 - "Dobutamine stress echocardiography showed high diagnostic value as a provocative non-invasive test for CAD in patients with left bundle branch block" 03/01/1997 - "Dobutamine thallium-201 myocardial SPECT in patients with left bundle branch block and normal coronary arteries." Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD)IBA 03/01/2008 - "OBJECTIVES: This study was planned in order to investigate the effect of left bundle branch block (LBBB) on myocardial velocities obtained by tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) and myocardial performance index (MPI)" 07/10/2007 - "Pts. with left bundle branch block at baseline should undergo DDD-PM implantation prior to ablation." 11/01/2004 - "Subjects and METHODS: Subjects with isolated LBBB (n=20), right bundle branch block (RBBB, n=20), and controls (C, n=20) were studied with standard two-dimensional (2D), and color-encoded tissue-Doppler echocardiography (TDE)" 12/01/1996 - "8 NYHA IV CHF patients were included with a LV delay due to 1/ preexistent pacemaker in 4 pts (2 VVI and 2 DDD); 2/ left bundle branch block in 2 pts; 3/ intraventricular conduction delays in 2 pts. An acute hemodynamic evaluation was performed" 12/01/1994 - "Despite the presence of left bundle branch block, DDD pacing reduced LVOT obstruction significantly in 15 patients (LVOT gradient, baseline 89 +/- 36 mm Hg versus 18 +/- 26 mm Hg at follow-up, P < .0001)" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	AdenosineFDA LinkGeneric 08/18/2005 - "Rate-dependent left bundle branch block unmasked by adenosine." 09/01/2000 - "Patients unable to exercise and those with left bundle branch block received adenosine infusion alone (adenosine-nonexercise n = 286)" 03/01/1995 - "Frequency of false-positive septal defects on adenosine/201T1 images in patients with left bundle branch block." 10/01/1992 - "Stepwise logistic regression analysis revealed that the presence of a combined (fixed and reversible) adenosine thallium-201 defect (p = 0.0007), three-vessel coronary artery disease (p = 0.001), and left bundle branch block (p = 0.02) was predictive of subsequent cardiac events with relative risk ratios of 4.9, 2.9, and 2.2, respectively" 09/01/1992 - "Safety and diagnostic accuracy of adenosine thallium-201 scintigraphy in patients unable to exercise and those with left bundle branch block." Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Lidocaine (Xylocaine)FDA LinkGeneric 09/01/1977 - "Although lidocaine appeared to have been more effective in patients with bundle branch block than in those with narrow QRS complexes, further studies are necessary to corroborate this impression." 03/01/2008 - "Lidocaine (1 mg/kg i.v.) normalized the prolonged QT interval and rescued bundle-branch block" 10/01/1989 - "Transient left bundle branch block following lidocaine." 06/01/1976 - "Lidocaine eliminated His bundle extrasystoles that blocked entirely (concealed) or conducted with functional left bundle-branch block by improving His-Purkinje conduction and by lengthening the coupling interval of the premature His bundle extrasystole" 10/01/2002 - "Exercise testing revealed ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads at the peak exercise, followed by sustained ventricular tachycardia of the left bundle branch block morphology, terminated by intravenous lignocaine" Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Nicorandil (SG 75)IBA 10/01/1992 - "Long acting nitrate and nicorandil relieved the fascicular blocks." 11/01/2000 - "Ventricular arrhythmias with left bundle branch block pattern and inferior axis: assessment of their mechanisms on the basis of response to ATP, nicorandil and verapamil." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Nitroglycerin (Dynamite)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1991 - "Glyceryl trinitrate relieved the fascicular block" 01/01/1981 - "The nitroglycerin (NTG) exercise test can help in detecting ischemia in the presence of right bundle branch block (RBBB), left bundle branch block (LBBB), or digitalis-induced exercise ST changes and in excluding ischemia when a falsely positive test is suspected" Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Calcium Channel Blockers (Blockers, Calcium Channel)IBA 02/01/2002 - "Calcium channel blockers as first line treatment for broad complex tachycardia with right bundle branch block: ingenuity or folly?" 05/01/2006 - "RESULTS: Risk factors for permanent pacing after aortic valve replacement (AVR) identified by univariate analysis were female sex, hypertension, preoperative ejection fraction, aortic stenosis, annular calcification, bicuspid aorta, presence of right bundle branch block (RBBB) or left bundle branch block (LBBB), prolonged aortic cross-clamp and perfusion times, and preoperative use of calcium channel blockers" Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	OxyfedrineIBA 05/01/1986 - "Remission of left bundle-branch block with oxyfedrine" Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Thrombolytic Therapy 09/01/2000 - "BACKGROUND: Left bundle-branch block patients have a high mortality after MI but are unlikely to receive reperfusion therapy despite evidence from clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of thrombolytic therapy" 07/01/1990 - "Improved survival occurs after thrombolytic therapy in patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block, but not in those with isolated ST depression or a normal electrocardiogram" 09/01/1997 - "The management of patients with left bundle branch block remains uncertain; cardiologists are more likely to recommend thrombolytic therapy than any of the other participants in the study." 04/18/2006 - "METHODS: Using data from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4, we studied patients with STEMI or left bundle branch block who received acute reperfusion with either fibrinolytic therapy (n = 35,370) or primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n = 21,277) within 6 h of admission" 07/05/2005 - "OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this research was to examine the prognostic value of ST-segment changes (concordant ST-segment elevation and/or precordial V1 to V3 ST-segment depression) during presumed-new left bundle branch block (LBBB) in patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Angioplasty (Angioplasties) 05/01/2000 - "Exercise-induced QTc-interval changes for predicting improvement in regional blood flow in ischemic myocardium and cardiac output after coronary angioplasty in patients with right bundle-branch block." 06/01/1999 - "Out of 3308 patients treated with primary angioplasty or thrombolysis, 737 (22.3%) belonged to one of the following groups, not included in current randomized trials: Left bundle branch block, non-diagnostic first ECG, pre-hospital delay > 12 hours or unknown pre-hospital delay" 06/14/2000 - "SUBJECTS: A cohort of 27,080 consecutive patients with acute MI associated with ST-segment elevation or left bundle-branch block who were treated with primary angioplasty" 10/01/1999 - "DESIGN AND METHODS: The QRS complex and ST-segment changes of 29 patients with bundle-branch block were studied during elective coronary angioplasty using continuous vectorcardiography" 10/01/1999 - "OBJECTIVE: To elucidate vectorcardiographic changes during coronary angioplasty of patients with bundle-branch block" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Dilatation and Curettage (D&C) 07/01/1991 - "The cardiac complications were represented by: -1 (0.2%) atrio-ventricular isorhythmic dissociation; -1 (0.2%) complete right bundle branch block; -3 (0.6%) atrial fibrillation; (all had a rapid and spontaneous regression) -1 (0.2%) ventricular fibrillation treated successfully with D.C" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Coronary Artery Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery) 01/01/1990 - "Twelve patients with a new complete bundle branch block after coronary artery bypass grafting underwent transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE)" 01/01/1990 - "New bundle branch block after coronary artery bypass grafting--evaluation by CK-MB isoenzyme analysis and transoesophageal echocardiography." 04/01/1987 - "Prognostic effect of bundle branch block related to coronary artery bypass grafting." 03/01/1987 - "Analysis of the type of conduction disturbances indicates that the presence of a new complete left bundle branch block postoperatively in a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass is a sign of intraoperative myocardial damage" 03/01/1987 - "The significance of bundle branch block in the immediate postoperative electrocardiograms of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass." Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Electrodes (Electrode) 07/01/1976 - "Three cases with intermittent left bundle branch block were studied by means of an intracavitary electrode, which allowed the potential of the bundle of His to be measured, and was also used for the extrastimulus method of study" 02/01/1973 - "A study of arrival of excitation at selected ventricular sites during human bundle branch block using close bipolar catheter electrodes." 11/01/2008 - "Routine 12-lead electrocardiography revealed a right bundle branch block on the paced beats, and lateral chest X-ray showed posterior deflection of the pacemaker lead, suggesting a pacemaker electrode in the left ventricle" 10/01/2006 - "An electrocardiographic algorithm for determining the location of pacemaker electrode in patients with right bundle branch block configuration during permanent ventricular pacing." 05/01/1984 - "Analysis of the site of surgically induced right bundle branch block using a temporary ventricular pacing electrode." Order ALL the reference details at left...