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Right bundle branch block causes

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Right bundle branch block can result from various causes which include: cardiovascular (e.g. Atrial septal defect, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, Ebstein anomaly); iatrogenic (e.g. Cardiac catheterization, cardiac transplantation, post cardiac surgery); infectious (e.g. Chagas disease, HIV, infective endocarditis, Lyme disease); pulmonary (e.g. COPD, cor pulmonale , pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension), and many other disease conditions.

Causes

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular Atrial septal defect, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, Ebstein anomaly, heart failure, hypertension, left ventricular noncompaction, Lev’s disease, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, valvular heart disease
Chemical / poisoning No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Naloxone, oxycodone, propafenone, ritonavir
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic Ebstein anomaly, Fabry disease, familial, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic Cardiac catheterization, cardiac transplantation, post cardiac surgery, pulmonary artery catheterization, septal ablation, thrombolytic therapy, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Infectious Disease Chagas disease, HIV, infective endocarditis, Lyme disease
Musculoskeletal / Ortho Kearns-Sayre syndrome, muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy
Neurologic Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Nutritional / Metabolic Fabry disease
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity Citalopram toxicity, cocaine abuse
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary COPD, cor pulmonale , pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonic stenosis, sarcoidosis
Renal / Electrolyte Hyperkalemia
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Polymyositis, sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma Trauma
Urologic No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [3]; Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [4]; Ayokunle Olubaniyi, M.B,B.S [5]