title: The successful treatment of end stage of heart failure associated with complete right bundle branch block with biventricular pacemaker placement.
abstract: Biventricular pacing has been used to treat patients with symptomatic heart failure, systolic left ventricular dysfunction and intraventricular conduction delays. This modality is usually reserved for the treatment of patients with a left bundle branch block pattern on electrocardiogram. We report the successful use of biventricular pacing in a patient with heart failure and a right bundle branch block conduction delay.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. hiraokae@aol.com
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051437:Renal Insufficiency