TY - JOUR ID - 10530 TI - Reversible left bundle branch block should be mentioned in cardiac resynchronization therapy; A clinical case report JO - ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal JA - ARYA LA - en SN - 1735-3955 AU - Vasheghani-Farahani, Ali AU - Tajdini, Masih AU - Mohsenizadeh, Seyed Abolfazl AU - Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Reza AD - Associate Professor, Tehran Heart Center AND Department of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Resident, Tehran Heart Center AND Department of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - General Practitioner, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MI Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 153 EP - 155 KW - Reversible Left Bundle Branch Block KW - Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy KW - Hyperkalemia DO - N2 - BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a medical device to help cardiac synchronized contractility by electrical impulses. Improvement of symptoms and left ventricular systolic function, reducing hospital admissions and mortality in patients with moderate to severe heart failure are the main benefits of administration of cardiac resynchronization therapy. CASE REPORT: In this article, we describe a case of heart failure and left bundle branch block (LBBB) who was candidate for cardiac resynchronization therapy; but after managing hyperkalemia, left bundle branch block resolved, ejection fraction increased and cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation was canceled. CONCLUSION: Exclusion of treatable causes is the first important step before any interventions. Now there is an important question; is cardiac resynchronization therapy effective in patients with heart failure and transient or intermittent left bundle branch block?  UR - https://arya.mui.ac.ir/article_10530.html L1 - https://arya.mui.ac.ir/article_10530_447be199fe9d6bb15c6fdd46859f078d.pdf ER -