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We present a case report of a 67-year-old woman with rate-dependent left bundle-branch block (LBBB). Although coronary angiography demonstrated no significant obstructive lesions, a reversible focal defect developed on 201Tl myocardial scintigraphy when LBBB was induced by right-atrial pacing.
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Kurata, C., Terada, H., Fujii, T. et al. A 201Tl perfusion defect in a case with rate-dependent left bundle-branch block (LBBB). Eur J Nucl Med 10, 169–171 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252730
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