✦ LIBER ✦
Left bundle branch block (LBBB) masks changes due to hyperkalemia: A myth
✍ Scribed by Anil Kumar; Neel Shah; Stephen Jesmajian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 443 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1553-5592
- DOI
- 10.1002/jhm.625
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Left bundle branch block masks ischemic changes but not those due to electrolyte imbalance. Peaking of T waves, prolongation of PR interval, diminution/absence of P wave, and widening of QRS complex can still be appreciated if one carefully compares the baseline ECG to the presenting ECG. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010;5:226–227. © 2010 Society of Hospital Medicine.