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ReviewEuropean heart journal open2026

Left bundle branch area pacing: anatomical and physiological features made easy.

Guram Imnadze, Amr Abdin, Mauro Biffi, José-Ángel Cabrera, Óscar Cano, Jan De Pooter, Maxim Didenko, Marek Jastrzebski, Wilfried Mullens, Kevin Vernooy and 2 more

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Review in European heart journal open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Guram ImnadzeDepartment of Rhythmology, University Hospital Ruppin-Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin 16816, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2839-4454
Amr AbdinCardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Internal Medicine Clinic III, Saarland University Hospital, Kirrberger Street 100, Homburg 66421, Germany.
Mauro BiffiCardiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, S. Orsola University Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4590-8584
José-Ángel CabreraDepartamento de Cardiología, Unidad de Arritmias, Hospital Universitario Quirón-Salud Madrid, 28223 Madrid, Spain.
Óscar CanoDepartamento de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Avinguda de Fernando Abril Martorell 106, Valencia 46026, Spain.
Jan De PooterHeart Centre, University Hospital Ghent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Gent 9000, Belgium.
Maxim DidenkoClinic for Electrophysiology, Herz-Und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen 32545, Germany.
Marek JastrzebskiFirst Department of Cardiology and Electrocardiology and Arterial Hypertension, Jagiellonian University, College of Medicine, Kraków 31-008, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3318-6601
Wilfried MullensDepartment of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Synaps Park 1, 3600 Genk, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-8590
Kevin VernooyDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Universiteitssingel 50, Maastricht 6229, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8818-5964
Pugazhendhi VijayaramanCardiology Department, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, 1000 East Mountain Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, USA.
Haran BurriCardiology Department, Cardiac Pacing Unit, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle Perret Gentil 4, Geneva 14, CH-1211, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4393-5338

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left bundle branch area pacing is being increasingly adopted in routine clinical practice as a more physiological alternative to right ventricular and biventricular pacing. Understanding the concepts of this pacing modality may be a hurdle for the non-electrophysiologist and specialists alike. This review article aims to explain in a didactic manner the anatomical and electrophysiological principles underlying left bundle branch area pacing.

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AnatomyConduction system pacingElectrocardiographyElectrophysiologyLeft bundle branch area pacing

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PMID42516778
PMCPMC13403281

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