Prevalence, clinical and instrumental features of left bundle branch block-induced cardiomyopathy: the CLIMB registry.
Giuseppe Damiano SannaAnnamaria De BellisMassimo ZecchinEleonora BeccuPatrizia CartaEleonora MocciaMario E CanonicoGuido ParodiGianfranco SinagraMarco MerloPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
Left bundle branch block-induced cardiomyopathy emerges as a distinct pathological entity, promptly identifiable in a minority but not negligible proportion of patients with newly diagnosed DCM and LBBB, using a series of diagnostic criteria including CMR and genetic testing. Further studies are needed to better elucidate the clinical course of LBBB-ICMP.