see also: [[Left Bundle Branch Block|LBBB]]
see: [EM Cases | ECG cases 12: RBBB + Occlusion MI](cubox://card?id=7240317145312134460)
> [!key points]
> - Do not need to use sgarbossa for evaluating STEMI in RBBB
> - ST elevation is NOT normal in RBBB
> [!tip]+ RBBB Diagnostic criteria
> - **QRS duration > 120ms**
> - **RSR’ pattern in V1-3** (“M-shaped” QRS complex) with (appropriate) discordant T wave changes
> - **Wide, slurred S wave in lateral leads** (I, aVL, V5-6)
> ![[Pasted image 20230516182606.png]]
Associated features:
- Appropriate discordance with ST depression and/or T-wave inversion in right precordial leads (V1-3).
# Causes
- right ventricular hypertrophy / cor pulmonale from COPD
- [[Pulmonary Embolism]]
- ischaemic heart disease
- ==new RBBB and LAFB associated with proximal LAD occlusion==
- myocarditis
- cardiomyopathy
- atrial septal defect
# electrophysiology
**Sequence of conduction in RBBB:**
1) Left ventricular activation via the left bundle (black arrow) occurs normally
2) Septal depolarisation (yellow arrows) is thus unaffected, producing a normal early QRS complex
3) Activation of the RV originates across the septum. The resultant depolarisation vector (red arrow) produces delayed R waves in leads V1-3, and S waves in lateral leads
![[Pasted image 20230516183045.png]]