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Improved criteria would impact referral decisions and device type for cardiac resynchronization therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-hoi240008-5\"><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To develop a simple new criterion for LBBB based on electrophysiological studies of human patients, and then to validate this criterion in an independent population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-hoi240008-6\"><jats:title>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this diagnostic study, the derivation cohort was from a single-center, prospective study of patients undergoing electrophysiological study from March 2016 through November 2019. The validation cohort was assembled by retrospectively reviewing medical records for patients from the same center who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) from October 2015 through May 2022.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-hoi240008-7\"><jats:title>Exposures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients were classified as having LBBB or intraventricular conduction delay (IVCD) as assessed by intracardiac recording.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-hoi240008-8\"><jats:title>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sensitivity and specificity of the electrocardiography (ECG) criteria assessed in patients with LBBB or IVCD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-hoi240008-9\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 75 patients (median [IQR] age, 63 [53-70.5] years; 21 [28.0%] female) with baseline LBBB on 12-lead ECG underwent intracardiac recording of the left ventricular septum: 48 demonstrated complete conduction block (CCB) and 27 demonstrated intact Purkinje activation (IPA). Analysis of surface ECGs revealed that late notches in the QRS complexes of lateral leads were associated with CCB (40 of 48 patients [83.3%] with CCB vs 13 of 27 patients [48.1%] with IPA had a notch or slur in lead I; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.003). Receiver operating characteristic curves for all septal and lateral leads were constructed, and lead I displayed the best performance with a time to notch longer than 75 milliseconds. Used in conjunction with the criteria for LBBB from the American College of Cardiology\/American Heart Association\/Heart Rhythm Society, this criterion had a sensitivity of 71% (95% CI, 56%-83%) and specificity of 74% (95% CI, 54%-89%) in the derivation population, contrasting with a sensitivity of 96% (95% CI, 86%-99%) and specificity of 33% (95% CI, 17%-54%) for the Strauss criteria. In an independent validation cohort of 46 patients (median [IQR] age, 78.5 [70-84] years; 21 [45.7%] female) undergoing TAVR with interval development of new LBBB, the time-to-notch criterion demonstrated a sensitivity of 87% (95% CI, 74%-95%). In the subset of 10 patients with preprocedural IVCD, the criterion correctly distinguished IVCD from LBBB in all cases. Application of the Strauss criteria performed similarly in the validation cohort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-hoi240008-10\"><jats:title>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings suggest that time to notch longer than 75 milliseconds in lead I is a simple ECG criterion that, when used in conjunction with standard LBBB criteria, may improve specificity for identifying patients with LBBB from conduction block. 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