title: Characteristics of patients with right bundle branch block and ST-segment elevation in right precordial leads. Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Investigators.
abstract: To elucidate the clinical characteristics of patients with right bundle branch block and ST elevation in the right precordial leads, a prospective follow-up study was made in 63 registered patients, including 17 with a history of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and 14 with a history of syncope. The prevalence of coved type ST elevation was significantly higher in patients who had had cardiac events, and during the initial 15-month follow-up, 2 patients in the VF group died suddenly.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atarashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies