How RBBB Affects Your Health

 This week: Right bundle branch block (RBBB) is a reasonably common abnormality on the electrocardiogram. Often it has no real medical significance - but sometimes it does. Learn how your doctor should go about figuring out whether RBBB is important in your case. 

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us How RBBB Affects Your Health  This week: Right bundle branch block (RBBB) is a reasonably common abnormality on the electrocardiogram. Often it has no real medical significance - but sometimes it does. Learn how your doctor should go about figuring out whether RBBB is important in your case.  Richard N. Fogoros, M.D. Heart Disease Expert How an RBBB Affects Your Health Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) is an abnormal finding on the electrocardiogram that is often associated with underlying heart disease. READ NOW Calcium Channel Blockers for Treating Angina Calcium channel blockers dilate blood vessels, reduce the force of heart muscle contraction, and slow the heart rate, thus reducing the risk of angina in patients with coronary artery disease. READ NOW What is HDL cholesterol? Higher levels of HDL cholesterol are associated with reduced cardiovascular risk. READ NOW What is an embolus? An embolus is a particle or mass that travels through the bloodstream, that may subsequently lodge in a blood vessel, producing blockage and causing organ damage READ NOW Secret Cardiology on Facebook  Here is a Facebook page featuring issues related to your heart, that your cardiologist would rather not talk about.  READ NOW Featured Articles • How Much Vitamin D Do You Need If You Have IBD? • How Much Alcohol is Too Much? • 10 Things Everyone in their Sixties Should Be Doing • Drink Up, Slim Down • 10 Foods High in Vitamin E • 5 Signs You May Be at Risk for Obesity • Increase Your Lifespan and Your Health with Nuts and Seeds • 15 Excellent Fish and Shellfish for Avoiding Mercury Advertisement About Heart Disease  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Heart Disease newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.