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A Rare Type of Alternating Bundle Branch Block in a Patient with Cardiac Sarcoidosis

A Case report

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, kontetsu{at}im2.m.kanazawa-u.acjp

Masami Shimizu, MD

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hidekazu Ino, MD

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Tsutomu Araki, MD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Masato Yamaguchi, MD

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Masaru Inoue, MD

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yohei Tofuku, MD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroshi Mabuchi, MD

Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

The authors report a rare type of alternating bundle branch block observed in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis. Not only alternation of complete right and left bundle branch block but also narrow QRS complexes were observed on electrocardiogram. The mechanism of these unusual findings is briefly discussed.

Angiology, Vol. 56, No. 1, 115-117 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600117


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