Your doctor is right - incomplete right bundle branch block is a very common and benign finding, seen in up to 3 percent of completely healthy young people, and in a 34 year old lady with no symptoms it needs no treatment and no restriction. It simply means the electrical impulse travels a little slower down the right bundle; the heart pumps normally. Two points on your ChatGPT observation: yes, if the V1 and V2 electrodes are placed too high on the chest, a normal ECG can falsely look like incomplete RBBB - so the finding may not even be real. Please do not rely on an AI reading of an ECG image; a machine or app report is not a diagnosis. What actually settles it is simple - get the ECG repeated with correct electrode placement (V1 and V2 in the 4th intercostal space beside the sternum), and if you have any symptoms or a family history of heart disease or sudden death, add a 2D echocardiogram once. If the echo is normal and you have no symptoms, nothing further is needed and no follow-up ECGs are required. Do get evaluated properly if you ever have chest pain, breathlessness on exertion, palpitations, fainting or blackouts. You are welcome to share the ECG image with me on a Practo consult and I will go through it with you, or you may see me at Synergy Multispeciality Hospital, Miraj.
Answered2026-08-31 18:29:58
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