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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    Sgarbossa's Criteria for MI in Left Bundle Branch Block

    Criteria to diagnose acute MI in patients with prior LBBB.
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    It's often difficult to identify an MI for patients with existing left bundle branch blocks (LBBB). About 1 in 200 patients with MI have LBBB. Sgarbossa's is a well accepted approach at determining which LBBB are having an MI.

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    Dr. Elena Sgarbossa

    About the Creator

    Elena Sgarbossa, MD, is a board certified cardiologist and works as an independent medical and scientific writer/editor/translator. She is also a member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Electrocardiology. Dr. Sgarbossa previously worked in clinical cardiology and research at Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic.

    To view Dr. Elena Sgarbossa's publications, visit PubMed

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    MDCalc loves calculator creators – researchers who, through intelligent and often complex methods, discover tools that describe scientific facts that can then be applied in practice. These are real scientific discoveries about the nature of the human body, which can be invaluable to physicians taking care of patients.
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