TRANSIENT RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK, WIDE S WAVE TYPE, IN WHICH NORMAL CONDUCTION OCCURRED BOTH SPONTANEOUSLY AND IN RESPONSE TO VAGAL STIMULATION
Authors: E NICHOLS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 January 1949TRANSIENT RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK, WIDE S WAVE TYPE, IN WHICH NORMAL CONDUCTION OCCURRED BOTH SPONTANEOUSLY AND IN RESPONSE TO VAGAL STIMULATIONEDWARD NICHOLS, M.D.EDWARD NICHOLS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-1-196 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn routine electrocardiograms taken on healthy young adults without clinical evidence of heart disease, bundle branch block is a rare finding, occurring in less than 1 per cent.1, 2, 3, 4Apart from those cases falling into the special class described by Wolff, Parkinson and White, transient bundle branch block has been reported, with rare exceptions,5only in association with obvious heart disease clinically or in individuals in whom the age factor alone suggested the likely possibility of coronary sclerosis.6, 7, 8The presence of bundle branch block in a 28 year old soldier with a normal cardiovascular system clinically...Bibliography1. 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SANDBERG, M.D., JOSEPH WENER, M.D., ARTHUR M. MASTER, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEONARD SCHERLIS, M.D.Transient right bundle branch block produced by heart catheterization in man 1 January 1949Volume 30, Issue 1Page: 196-205KeywordsCardiovascular therapyCoronary heart diseaseElectrocardiographyRight bundle branch blockSclerodermaYoung adults Issue Published: 1 January 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...