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Bundle-Branch Block
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Definition
: 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.
See Also
Bundle of His
Other names
Fascicular Block; Right Bundle-
Branch Blocks; Right Bundle Branch Block; Posterior Fascicular Blocks; Left Bundle-
Branch Blocks; Left Bundle Branch Block; Fascicular Blocks, Posterior; Fascicular Blocks, Anterior; Fascicular Blocks; Fascicular Block, Posterior; Fascicular Block, Anterior; Bundle-
Branch Blocks, Right; Bundle-
Branch Blocks, Left; Bundle-
Branch Blocks; Bundle-
Branch Block, Right; Bundle-
Branch Block, Left; Bundle Branch Block; Blocks, Right Bundle-
Branch; Blocks, Posterior Fascicular; Blocks, Left Bundle-
Branch