Saturday, 6 October 2012

Emedinews:Makesure:A patient with LBBB in ECG developed acute pulmonary edema.

Situation: A patient with LBBB in ECG developed acute pulmonary edema.
Reaction: Oh my God! Why was the underlying low cardiac functions not suspected?
Lesson: Make sure all patients with LBBB undergo echo to rule out ejection fraction. This may not be true for RBBB.

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