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is RBBB a disease?

Respected sir,
                  
                 I am 33 years old and about a year back,during my regular medical check up,i have been diagnosed that i have Right Bundle Branch Block(RBBB) .I desire to ask whether RBBB is a disease or may cause a heart disease of any sort in the future and if i,m selected in an international organisation and have to travel abroad,do my medical report make me medically unfit on account of RBBB? ur detailed answer would highly be appreciated .
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Bundle branches are pathways for impulses to contract the heart chambers in a timely manner.  The pathway passes impulses done the wall that separates left and right heart chambers and then into the chambers causing contractions.  RBBB indicates there may a pathway to the right chamber that is blocked.  Sometimes there is an alternative pathway for the impulse and no problem, sometimes there may be a skipped beat.  If serious there is a procedure called heart wall ablation, the procedure involves destroying the tissue of the heart wall that is causing the problem and redirecting impulses on the correct pathway.  

Or the condition may be medically insignificant.
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