TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental bilateral bundle branch block*
AU - Bernstein, William H.
AU - Samet, Philip
AU - Litwak, Robert S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a grant from the Florida Heart Association and from the National Heart Institute, H-2735.
PY - 1960/6
Y1 - 1960/6
N2 - Surgical production of bilateral bundle branch block resulted in complete heart block in fourteen dogs. In eight dogs, left bundle branch block resulted from the initial bundle branch section. In six animals, right bundle branch block was produced at first. In either circumstance, section of the opposite bundle branch resulted in complete heart block. Limited correlation between the electrical and mechanical events of the cardiac cycle under these circumstances was demonstrated. The data indicate that complete right and complete left bundle branch block were produced by surgical section of the respective bundle branches.
AB - Surgical production of bilateral bundle branch block resulted in complete heart block in fourteen dogs. In eight dogs, left bundle branch block resulted from the initial bundle branch section. In six animals, right bundle branch block was produced at first. In either circumstance, section of the opposite bundle branch resulted in complete heart block. Limited correlation between the electrical and mechanical events of the cardiac cycle under these circumstances was demonstrated. The data indicate that complete right and complete left bundle branch block were produced by surgical section of the respective bundle branches.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(60)90060-6
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(60)90060-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50549159849
VL - 5
SP - 799
EP - 805
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 6
ER -