FURTHER EVIDENCE IN REGARD TO FUNCTIONAL BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK
Authors: W. Kendrick Purks
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Report1 January 1939FURTHER EVIDENCE IN REGARD TO FUNCTIONAL BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCKW. KENDRICK PURKS, M.D., F.A.C.P.W. KENDRICK PURKS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-7-1105 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the purpose of this presentation to add some further evidence in regard to the occurrence of functional bundle-branch block. I shall attempt to do so by a partial review of the literature, the presentation of a case report and consideration of some of the mechanisms which may be responsible for this abnormality. Strictly speaking, the term "functional bundle-branch block" should be restricted to those instances in which there is no organic basis either temporary or permanent for the production of the conduction disturbance. In general, however, the literature has dealt with transient or temporary bundle-branch block and functional...Bibliography1. LEWIS T: Certain physical signs of myocardial involvement, Brit. Med. Jr., 1913, i, 484. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HERMANNASHMAN GR: Partial bundle-branch block: a theoretical consideration of transient normal intraventricular conduction in the presence of apparently complete bundle-branch block, Am. Heart Jr., 1931, vi, 375. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WILSON FN: A case in which the vagus influenced the form of the ventricular complex of the electrocardiogram, Arch. Int. Med., 1915, xvi, 1008. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ROBINSON GC: The relation of changes in the form of the electrocardiogram to functional changes in the heart, Arch. Int. Med., 1916, xviii, 830. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WILLIUSKEITH FANM: Intermittent incomplete bundle-branch block, Am. Heart Jr., 1927, ii, 255. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BAKER BM: The effect of cardiac rate and the inhalation of oxygen on transient bundle-branch block, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, xlv, 814. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WOLFFPARKINSONWHITE LJPD: Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachycardia, Am. Heart Jr., 1930, v, 685. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. WOLFERTHWOOD CCFC: The mechanism of production of short P-R intervals and long Q. R. S. complexes in patients with presumably undamaged hearts: hypothesis of an accessory pathway of auriculo-ventricular conduction, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. KENT AF: Observations of the auriculo-ventricular junction of mammalian hearts, Quart. Jr. Exper. Physiol., 1914, vii, 193. Google Scholar10. ELLIOTTNUZUM AHFR: Bundle-branch block with periods of normal intraventricular conduction, Am. Heart Jr., 1932, vii, 680. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. MORRISMCGUIRE RSJ: Transient complete bundle-branch block, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiv, 202. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CARR FB: Functional bundle-branch block, New England Jr. Med., 1933, ccix, 1101. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WILLIUSANDERSON FAMJ: Transient recurrent complete bundle-branch block, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, x, 248. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. TUNG C: Functional bundle-branch block, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xi, 89. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. KURTZ CM: Transient complete bundle-branch block, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xi, 212. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Vicksburg, Mississippi*Received for publication May 5, 1938.From the Vicksburg Hospital and Clinic, Vicksburg, Miss. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIntermittent Left Bundle Branch Block in the Athletic Heart SyndromeCase of intermittent branch block in a patient with myasthenia gravis. 1 January 1939Volume 12, Issue 7Page: 1105-1112KeywordsHospitals ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...