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Interventional Cardiology (Expert Forum)
LBBB
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Truman Medical Center
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LBBB
by panuge1028, Oct 13, 2007 11:15AM
I know this has been discussed before, but I don't understand LBBB. This showed up on my last physical. I have been short of breath and have crushing pain in my chest sometimes. I am in my early 60's. Sometimes I read that this can be pre-heart attack, sometimes I read it's nothing I have had a stress test which they said was normal. What am I to think-am I sick or not?
Doctor's Answer
by Douglas Bogart, MD, Oct 13, 2007 02:06PM
, Oct 13, 2007 02:06PMTo: panuge1028
LBBB is an abnormal finding and is frequently a marker of heart disease. It can occur with hypertensive heart disease, valvular heart disease or with coronary artery disease. I would see a cardiologist.
