Left Bundle Branch Block and Complete Heart Block Complicating Inferior Myocardial Infarction

Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2017 Jan;22(1):e12387. doi: 10.1111/anec.12387. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Abstract

Left bundle branch block following inferior myocardial infarction remains uncommon and scarcely reported in the literature. We describe a rare presentation of a 58-year-old male patient who developed left bundle branch block and third degree atrioventricular block after inferior myocardial infarction requiring permanent pacemaker placement. Pathophysiology, impact on mortality, and management options are discussed.

Keywords: clinical; electrophysiology-conduction disturbances; implantable devices-pacemaker-bradyarrhythmias.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bundle-Branch Block / etiology*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
  • Bundle-Branch Block / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Block / etiology*
  • Heart Block / physiopathology
  • Heart Block / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*