title: Assessing ischemic heart disease in patients with left bundle branch block--an emerging role for multislice computed tomography.
abstract: Diagnosis of left bundle branch block (LBBB) with concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) alters the prognosis and the therapeutic management. All common non-invasive stress tests have a limited performance to identify CAD in patients with LBBB. Thus invasive coronary angiography is often needed to confirm or defer obstructive CAD. We propose a new diagnostic algorithm in evaluation of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with LBBB.
authors.forename: Christoph Auf
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: der Maur
authors.forename: Florim
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuculi
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuber
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allgayer
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Erne
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000639:trends*