Topography of the AV node and left-sided His-bundle recordings.
Topography of the AV node and left-sided His-bundle recordings.
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房室结地形和左侧希氏束记录。
DOI:
10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.11.029
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发表时间:
2007
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Racker,DarleneK
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作者:
Racker,DarleneK
AV node reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common cause of supraventricular tachycardia seen in clinical practice, yet the “precise” pathways are still unknown. 1 Misconceptions regarding the topography of the AV node, its environs, and its transmission pathways may relate to differences in data among anatomic and electrical studies. 2The report by Katritsis et al., in Heart Rhythm, 2006; 3: 993–1000 considers the AV node a septal structure (p. 993). However, as illustrated by Tawara a century ago for different species including dog and human in histologic sections, whole heart and schematics, 4: Figs. A, B the AV node is located within the central fibrous body, and deep to the posterior noncoronary aortic cusp, thus it cannot be in the atrial septum. I have verified these associations in dog5: Fig. 3; 6–9 and human (unpublished data) hearts. The AV node is an intracardiac structure. Its topography is just superior to the anterior half of the medial tricuspid leaflet, and at the ventricular outflow tract deep to the posterior aortic cusp, the “atrioventricular septum of the ventricular outflow tract” in the human heart. Therefore neither the AV node nor the His bundle are associated with atrial septum, which correlates with the fossa ovalis, and in the human heart is two centimeters removed from these structures. 10: Fig They also considered 1) that the socalled left-sided His bundle catheter, placed in the pocket of the posterior aortic cusp3, is located on the left side of the septum, and 2) that His bundle potentials are recorded here. However the posterior aortic pocket is attached to the right atrium at the level of the “medial atrial wall” and the “atrioaortic septum, and not atrial septum; and the so-called His potential is likely from the AV node. A full report on these associations in human heart is in preparation. These details suggest that a clear understanding of AVNRT will have to take into account the true anatomy.