What is peoples understanding/experience of RBBB? Right Bundle Branch Block.

[Parco]

I was told, via letter I may add and not at the time of the appointment that I have this, which surprised me and worried me all the same. I spoke to an arrhythmia nurse and he looked at my records briefly and said I'd had it for a while....now I've read (rightly or wrongly) different things on this and the arrhythmia nurse said a lot of people (5-10%) have this and it can be benign and no problem. However, for some it can be a problem. Just when I was coming to terms with it all and having to adapt my lifestyle and stop feeling sorry for myself I get told this.

Peoples feedback would be appreciated.

Cheers

Jamie

[Japaholic]

No personal experience but did come across this article after reading your post

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/682...

[Parco in reply to Japaholic]

I'd seen this myself thank you and it sounds quite reassuring. Appreciate the post my friend. J

[squirrel21]

Hi

I also have RBBB and now one episode of AF. No symptoms from RBBB whatsoever. Many healthy people have it. I am panicky about AF though. Regards

Eva

[Parco in reply to squirrel21]

Thanks Eva - understand why you are but please try to stay calm and listen to fellow patients on here; they're a good bunch. RBBB is quite common in healthy people, although it still unnerves me.

[rosailor]

I was told as well as having Flutter and AF, both of which developed recently I have have heart block and Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, both of which were there since birth.

I am 75 and up till now have always been perfectly fit.and was unaware of any heart abnormality..

Now I find I think too much more about how am feeling which is not good.

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[JSmith1]

At age 35, I signed up to participate in a study about pollutants, and during the intake, had an EKG while riding a stationary bike. They stopped me in the middle and told me I needed to see a cardiologist ASAP. I was in university at the time, and the university hospital had a great cardiac program, and I was able to see a cardiologist 2 days later. He advised I had RBBB, and may have had it all my life. I never had any clue. I was very athletic (at that time, I rode a bike 20 to 30 miles 3 times a week, played basketball twice a week for a couple of hours). Never had any indication of heart issues.

26 years later, I had sudden onset of atrial flutter. Had a cardioversion that failed after 4-5 months. Flutter became AF. I had an ablation at the end of June, and, knock on wood, both AF and flutter are gone. Having a RBBB prevented me from getting one of the meds I would have normally been prescribed, and I instead took Amioderone for 2 months (off it now).

I think for most people with RBBB, they don't even know they have it until it is found during some other medical procedure.