[Vectorcardiography in inferior infarction associated with left bundle-branch block]. 1985

J F Bruntz, and B Perrot, and C Medeiros, and N Baille, and J M Gilgenkrantz, and G Faivre

The authors report a series of 13 patients, 8 men and 5 women, with an average age of 68 years (range 39 to 87 years) presenting with documented inferior infarction with anteroseptal extension in 2 cases. These patients developed LBBB (complete in 9 cases, incomplete in 4 cases). This complications occurred in the acute phase in 8 cases and 4 months to 9 years later (average 4,5 years) in the other 5 cases. The block was intermittent in 4 patients and became permanent in all cases. The diagnosis of inferior infarction with LBBB was made by vectorcardiography (VCG) in 5 out of the 13 patients (38,4 p. 100) on the criteria suggested by Starr. 3 of the 8 false negative results were directly related to the block which masked the ECG and VCG signs of inferior infarction. The VCG signs observed were an upwards displacement of the QRS loop with preservation of the superior orientation of the initial forces (5 cases). Atypical appearances of LBBB were observed in 2 cases with a posterior and right-sided shift of the efferent loop following the anterior and left-sided orientations of the initial forces. The sensitivity of the VCG and ECG is mediocre in inferior infarction with LBBB because the block may mask the electrical signs of inferior infarction. The specificity of the VCG could not be assessed because of the mode of selection of the patients and the small number of cases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009203 Myocardial Infarction NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION). Cardiovascular Stroke,Heart Attack,Myocardial Infarct,Cardiovascular Strokes,Heart Attacks,Infarct, Myocardial,Infarction, Myocardial,Infarctions, Myocardial,Infarcts, Myocardial,Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarcts,Stroke, Cardiovascular,Strokes, Cardiovascular
D002037 Bundle-Branch Block A form of heart block in which the electrical stimulation of HEART VENTRICLES is interrupted at either one of the branches of BUNDLE OF HIS thus preventing the simultaneous depolarization of the two ventricles. Fascicular Block,Anterior Fascicular Block,Bundle Branch Block,Left Bundle-Branch Block,Posterior Fascicular Block,Right Bundle-Branch Block,Anterior Fascicular Blocks,Block, Anterior Fascicular,Block, Bundle Branch,Block, Bundle-Branch,Block, Fascicular,Block, Left Bundle-Branch,Block, Posterior Fascicular,Block, Right Bundle-Branch,Blocks, Anterior Fascicular,Blocks, Bundle Branch,Blocks, Bundle-Branch,Blocks, Fascicular,Blocks, Left Bundle-Branch,Blocks, Posterior Fascicular,Blocks, Right Bundle-Branch,Branch Block, Bundle,Branch Blocks, Bundle,Bundle Branch Blocks,Bundle-Branch Block, Left,Bundle-Branch Block, Right,Bundle-Branch Blocks,Bundle-Branch Blocks, Left,Bundle-Branch Blocks, Right,Fascicular Block, Anterior,Fascicular Block, Posterior,Fascicular Blocks,Fascicular Blocks, Anterior,Fascicular Blocks, Posterior,Left Bundle Branch Block,Left Bundle-Branch Blocks,Posterior Fascicular Blocks,Right Bundle Branch Block,Right Bundle-Branch Blocks
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014672 Vectorcardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the heart on a plane of the body surface delineated as a vector function of time. Polarcardiography,Electrocardiography, Vector,Vectercardiography,Vector Electrocardiography,Electrocardiographies, Vector,Polarcardiographies,Vectercardiographies,Vector Electrocardiographies,Vectorcardiographies

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