The Mechanism of Atrioventricular Conduction | Zendy

A. M. Scher | Zendy; María Isabel Rodríguez | Zendy; Juhan Liikane | Zendy; A. C. Young | Zendy

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The Mechanism of Atrioventricular Conduction

Author(s) -

A. M. Scher,

María Isabel Rodríguez,

Juhan Liikane,

A. C. Young

Publication year - 1959

Publication title -

circulation research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.899

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1524-4571

pISSN - 0009-7330

DOI - 10.1161/01.res.7.1.54

Subject(s) - thermal conduction , atrioventricular node , electrical conduction system of the heart , node (physics) , mechanism (biology) , nerve conduction velocity , electrical conduction , atrioventricular block , atrium (architecture) , anatomy , biophysics , materials science , chemistry , cardiology , electrocardiography , physics , medicine , tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , biology , acoustics , quantum mechanics , composite material

Potentials recorded at various sites in the atrioventricular (A-V) conduction system indicate that conduction is continuously electrical in nature and involves no synapse-like (i.e., chemical) conduction. The region between atrium and atrioventricular node has the slowest conduction velocity (.05 M./sec.) and lowest safety factor. Conduction through the A-V node is at about .12 M./sec. Results demonstrate shapes of potentials recorded extracellularly at various sites within the A-V node, first degree and complete block during rapid atrial stimulation, and echo-like phenomena.

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