LBBB & Caidomyopathy

[Jstype2]

Does anyone know WHICH Cardiomyopathy you get from LBBB?

[Jstype2]

Thank you for the thorough information on LBBB.

I keep forgetting to look in the "Junk Mail" I don't know why some of these are going into the that box. This is why I did not see your comment.

Have a good one and thanks again.

[kenkeith]

For some insight, LBBB is a condition indicating some interference (blockage) of an electrical impulse's pathway.  The left bundle branch passes impulses that polarize and repolarize heart cells; the result is to enable the heart to conract and relax to fill and pump blood into circulation.  A blockage will/can disorganize the electrical impulse and cause arrhythmia.

The cause of blockage of the pathway can be dilated cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the heart's left chamber and thin heart wall) or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes thick.

[Jstype2]

Thanks for your response.... I guess I misunderdtood what was on this link below

http://www.csmc.edu/8657.html

Thanks

[grendslori]

You don't get any form of cardiomyopathy from a LBBB. A cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle; the LBBB is a problem with the electrical systems. They are two different areas of the heart.