title: Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease in patients with left bundle branch block.
abstract: There is a high prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB); however there are many other causes for this electrocardiographic abnormality. Non-invasive assessment of these patients remains difficult, and all commonly used modalities exhibit several drawbacks. This often leads to these patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography which may not have been necessary. In this review, we examine the uses and limitations of commonly performed non-invasive tests for diagnosis of CAD in patients with LBBB.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ify
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mordi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Electronic address: niko.tzemos@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tzemos
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055426:Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: Cardiovascular imaging; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Coronary artery disease; Left bundle branch block; Nuclear imaging; Stress echocardiography