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  • Title: Prognostic implications of intraventricular conduction delays in a general population: the Health 2000 Survey.
    Author: Haataja P, Anttila I, Nikus K, Eskola M, Huhtala H, Nieminen T, Jula A, Salomaa V, Reunanen A, Nieminen MS, Lehtimäki T, Sclarovsky S, Kähönen M.
    Journal: Ann Med; 2015 Feb; 47(1):74-80. PubMed ID: 25613171.
    Abstract:
    AIMS: We examined the prognostic impact of eight different intraventricular conduction delays (IVCD) in the standard electrocardiogram (ECG) in a community cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were collected from 6299 Finnish individuals. During a mean 8.2 years (interquartile range 8.1 to 8.3) of follow-up 640 subjects died (10.2%); 277 (4.4%) were cardiovascular deaths. For both sexes, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality was higher in subjects with IVCD than in those without. In Cox regression analysis after adjustment for age and gender, the hazard ratio for cardiovascular mortality for non-specific IVCD was 4.25 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.95-9.26, P < 0.0001) and for left bundle branch block (LBBB) 2.11 (95% CI 1.31-3.41, P = 0.002). Right bundle branch block (RBBB) was not related to additional mortality, while incomplete RBBB (IRBBB) presented a hazard ratio of 2.24 (95% CI 1.064-4.77, P = 0.036). CONCLUSIONS: In the general population, non-specific IVCD, LBBB, and IRBBB were associated with increased relative risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. RBBB did not have an impact on cardiovascular mortality either in subjects with or without previous heart disease.
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