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Patients with bundle branch block (BBB), right bundle branch block plus left anterior or left posterior fascicular block or left bundle branch block are at higher risk of developing high-degree atrioventricular (AV) block. A significant problem in the evaluation of syncope and BBB is the transient nature of high-degree AV block and, therefore, the long periods required to document it by ECG.
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Menozzi, C., Bottoni, N., Brignole, M. (2002). Intraventricular Conduction Disturbances and Negative Electrophysiologic Study in Patients with Syncope: What Should One Do?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2001. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2103-7_9
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