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bundle branch block

American  

adjective

  1. Medicine/Medical. a delay or block to the electrical impulses that normally sustain one's heartbeats by flowing undisrupted to the heart's ventricles. Abbreviation: BBB.

bundle branch block Scientific  
/ bŭn′dl /

  1. A block in electrical conduction within the ventricles of the heart due to interruption of conduction in one of the two main branches of the bundle of His. It is typically not accompanied by symptoms, but can indicate heart disease or damage.

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Then, they asked the device to classify six types of heart beats: normal, atrial premature beat, premature ventricular contraction, paced beat, left bundle branch block beat and right bundle branch block beat.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

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