A new terminology for describing left and right ventricular conduction abnormalities |
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Authors: | Hurst J Willis |
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Affiliation: | Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. Jhurst@emory.edu |
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Abstract: | The words we use to describe a medical condition should match our knowledge of it. Unfortunately, at times, the words we used long ago persist after new knowledge of the subject has become apparent; so it is with left and right ventricular conduction system abnormalities. The words left or right bundle-branch block no longer reflect our knowledge of the condition. Accordingly, this essay describes a new terminology that more accurately describes the numerous abnormalities that compose left and right ventricular conduction system block as well as their numerous subsets. A brief account of the cardiac conditions associated with the conduction defects is also presented. |
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Keywords: | left ventricular conduction system abnormalities right ventricular conduction abnormalities new terminology for ventricular conduction system abnormalities |
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