bundle branch?

Question

What does this mean?

My EKG wa abnormal so htey sent me to university hopsital. I have been having terrible terrible chest pain. especially when i tumble at cheerleading. When i went they did all sorts of stuff. They ended up saying something was wrong with my right bundle branch. what is that? does anybody know what it means?

they said there was nothing htey could do abou tit. hty also said to stop cheering. he acted like it was serious. by the way i was also born 3 months premature... that was in october. i haven't stopped. the pain is getting worse. so...? what should i do? should i be worried.

Answer 1

The heart works because there are certain cells in the body that generate electric impulses that spreads through the heart and directs the normal pumping action of this organ. The electrical impulses travel through the heart through a circuit known as purkinje fibers. The Right Bundle Branch is a specific set of these fibers that help conduct the impulse toward the right side of the heart.

Depending on what's wrong with the bundle branch, different symptoms may occur. For example, a Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) is something that delays these impulses of the heart that sometimes occur normally with age but produces little or no symptoms.

Your description of chest pain with exertion sounds pretty serious, especially since you are a very young person. You definitely should be seeing a cardiologist and undergoing further testing which may including echocardiogram and electro-physiology studies if you haven't already.

Answer 2

The heart’s electrical impulse originates in the in the sinus node in the upper right atrium, then spreads across both atria, then travels through the AV node. Leaving the AV node, the electrical impulse penetrates into the ventricles via the His bundle. From the His bundle, the electrical impulse enters the two “bundle branches” (the right and the left). The right and left bundle branches send the electrical impulse to the right and left ventricle, respectively. When the bundle branches are functioning normally, the right and left ventricles contract nearly simultaneously.
BBB occurs when one of the bundle branches becomes diseased or damaged, and stops conducting electrical impulses; that is, a bundle branch becomes “blocked.” The chief effect of a bundle branch block is to disrupt the normal, coordinated and simultaneous distribution of the electrical signal to the two ventricles.
RBBB occurs in medical conditions that affect the right side of the heart or the lungs, so a finding of RBBB on the ECG ought to trigger a screening exam for such conditions.
These include blood clots to the lung (pulmonary embolus), chronic lung disease, cardiomyopathy, and atrial and ventricular septal defects. However, RBBB also commonly occurs in normal, healthy individuals, and the screening exam therefore often turns up no medical problems. In these cases, the RBBB has no apparent medical significance, and can be written off as a “normal variant,” and safely ignored. However, in isolation RBBB, unlike LBBB, is generally considered benign.
Please see the webpages for more details on Right bundle branch block (RBBB).

Answer 3

Chest pain upon exertion can be whats called Angina, which is narrowing of the coronary arteries, decreasing blood flow to the heart. There are non-invasive tests to check the arteries. This is more serious than the bundle branch block pattern on your EKG.
BBB s are fairly common, but not in someone your age!
See a Cardiologist!

Answer 4

Here's a direct link to a site that will tell you all about bundle branch block.

Take care

http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/arrhythmia/bundlebranchblock.cfm

Answer 5

Yes this is serious. Have a talk with your Family Physician who can explain. It is a fault in the conductivity of your heart

Answer 6

thank you all for great answers i should have seen this in may I've gotten more info here then in the cardo office 9,000. $ later thanks for the web addresses

Answer 7

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