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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 7-14Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.04.011
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left bundle branch block; remodelling; heart failure; prevention; cardiac resynchronisation therapy
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The prevalence of conduction disturbances, particularly left bundle branch block (LBBB), is strongly correlated with age and with the presence of cardiovascular disease. LBBB has been reported to affect approximately 25% of the heart failure (HF) population and it is likely that the deleterious role of such conduction disorders in the progression to HF has been underestimated. The purpose of this article is to review the data from the literature indicating that LBBB may have a causative role, mediated through the resulting intra-ventricular asynchrony, in the deterioration of cardiac function and the development of cardiac remodelling and HE It also aims to address the potential for future clinical therapies for this conduction disorder. (c) 2006 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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