Intermittent and Transient Bundle Branch Block: A Clinical and Electrocardiographic Study

Article1 November 1951INTERMITTENT AND TRANSIENT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK: A CLINICAL AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDYAVERY A. SANDBERG, M.D., JOSEPH WENER, M.D., ARTHUR M. MASTER, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEONARD SCHERLIS, M.D.AVERY A. SANDBERG, M.D., JOSEPH WENER, M.D., ARTHUR M. MASTER, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEONARD SCHERLIS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-5-1085 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONShortly after the recognition of the pattern of bundle branch block in the animal and human electrocardiogram,1 it was demonstrated that such patterns were often associated with lesions of one or both branches of the bundle of His.2 Many investigators demonstrated that the presence of bundle branch block in the electrocardiogram was generally associated with a diseased heart.3, 4 Although many reports of bundle branch block have appeared in otherwise normal persons,5, 6 the majority of patients showing this pattern have definite cardiac involvement.7, 8The nature and significance of transient or paroxysmal bundle branch block were not clearly...Bibliography1. 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IV 1 November 1951Volume 35, Issue 5Page: 1085-1109KeywordsElectrocardiographyHeart diseasesHospital medicineLesions Issue Published: 1 November 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...