Q waves

In which scenario will there be no Q waves despite massive septal hypertrophy?

In patients with left bundle branch block, conduction on the left side is blocked, and so the septum is depolarized instead from the right. In this situation, no septal Q waves are observed on the ECG even in case of massive septal hypertrophy.

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