title: Bifascicular block complicating blunt cardiac injury. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A thirty-five-year-old horse trainer presented to the emergency room of the authors' hospital with minimal nonpenetrating chest injury after having been kicked by a horse. No rib or sternum fractures were demonstrated. The admission ECG demonstrated a right bundle branch block and a left anterior hemiblock that were previously absent. The authors are aware of only two similar reports, but analogous conduction disturbances might have been classified as intraventricular conduction defects. The rarity of these defects may be explained by the anatomic pathways of the bundle of His and its bifurcations.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pontillo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capezzuto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achilli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Serraino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*