global-journal-of-medical-research Global Journal of Medical Research 0975-5888 2249-4618 Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 73112 Atrioventricular Node: presence of new functionally and anatomically distinct AV pathway CruzJulia Niehues da BRAZIL, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Santa Catarina, Brazil 29 06 2011 11 2 27 30

The atrioventricular (AV) node is crucial to conducting electrical impulses from the atria to the ventricles in order to coordinate heart rate. This study sought to describe electrophysiologic characteristic and possible anatomic site of atrial retrograde slow AV node pathway. The role of this pathway in the initiation and maintenance of AV node reentrant in the AV block still unclear, and the possible anatomic sites of this pathway have not been reported.

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The atrioventricular (AV) node is crucial to conducting electrical impulses from the atria to the ventricles in order to coordinate heart rate. This study sought to describe electrophysiologic characteristic and possible anatomic site of atrial retrograde slow AV node pathway. The role of this pathway in the initiation and maintenance of AV node reentrant in the AV block still unclear, and the possible anatomic sites of this pathway have not been reported.