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Specialized internodal pathways

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    Based on the study by Fedorov et al. (2006), it may be implied that the leading pacemaker side is the SAN body and, in some cases, the SAN head. The revealed “sleeves” of HCN4-positive cells at the edges of their massive dissemination may be reminiscent of the possible internodal pathways of the cardiac conductive system acknowledged earlier in a number of papers (Anderson and Ho, 1998; Ayettey et al., 1988; Benvenuti et al., 1997; James, 2001; Kafer, 1991; Racker, 1999; Sherf and James, 1979; Thompson, 1983). However, the examined whole mount preparations of the rabbit atria and the RRCV, as well as whole mount preparations of the rabbit interatrial septum (our unpublished observations), did not confirm the occurrence of an internodal pathway in the rabbit atria since the demonstrated cellular “sleeves” positive for HCN4 did not reach the typical region of the atrioventricular node in the rabbit interatrial septum.

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    1985, International Journal of Cardiology
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    1985, International Journal of Cardiology
  • Letters to the editor

    1985, International Journal of Cardiology

Mr. David R. Thompson is Charge Nurse, General Hospital, Leicester, England.

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