The Conduction System of the Heart: Structure, Function and Clinical Implications

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Development of the Cardiac Specialized Tissue....Pages 3-28
Electrophysiology of the Intact Neonatal Canine Atrioventricular Conducting System....Pages 29-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
The Fine Structure of the Atrial and Atrioventricular (AV) Junctional Specialized Tissues of the Rabbit Heart....Pages 55-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Recent Observations Supporting the Role of Slow Current in Cardiac Electrophysiology....Pages 85-99
Effect of Autonomic Activity on Pacemaker Function and Conduction....Pages 100-110
Supernormal Excitability and Conduction....Pages 111-125
The Role of Phase 3 and Phase 4 Block in Clinical Electrocardiography....Pages 126-142
The Electrophysiologic Basis of Parasystole and its Variants....Pages 143-162
Some Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Impulse Initiation in Cardiac Fibers; its Relevance for the Determination of the Mechanisms of Clinical Cardiac Arrhythmias....Pages 163-181
The Effect of Antiarrhythmic Agents on Impulse Formation and Impulse Conduction....Pages 182-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
The Sinoatrial Node and its Connections with the Atrial Tissues....Pages 209-226
Direct and Indirect Techniques in the Evaluation of Sinus Node Function....Pages 227-237
Studies on the Effect of Drugs on Sinus Node-Atrial Conduction....Pages 238-248
Observations on Circusmovement Tachycardia in the Isolated Rabbit Atrium....Pages 249-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Morphology of the Human Atrioventricular Junctional Area....Pages 263-286
Pathological Basis of Concept of Left Hemiblock....Pages 287-295
Electrophysiology and Structure of the Atrioventricular Node of the Isolated Rabbit Heart....Pages 296-315
Influence of Geometry on the Shape of the Propagated Action Potential....Pages 316-335
Electrophysiology of Endocardial Intraventricular Conduction: The Role and Function of the Specialized Conducting System....Pages 336-359
The Experimental Evidence for the Role of Phase 3 and Phase 4 Block in the Genesis of A-V Conduction Disturbances....Pages 360-376
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Ventricular Activation in Human and Canine Bundle Branch Block....Pages 377-392
Depressed Conduction and Unidirectional Block in Purkinje Fibres....Pages 393-409
Newer Aspects of Concealed Conduction of the Cardiac Impulse....Pages 410-423
The Role of the Conduction System in Supraventricular Tachycardias....Pages 424-452
Electrophysiological Diagnosis and Manifestation of Dual A-V Nodal Pathways....Pages 453-466
Incidence of Different Types of A-V Block and their Localization by his Bundle Recordings....Pages 467-484
Patterns of V-A Conduction in the Human Heart in the Presence of Normal and Abnormal A-V Conduction....Pages 485-503
Gap Phenomena: Antegrade and Retrograde....Pages 504-528
Accommodation of A-V Nodal Conduction and Fatigue Phenomenon in the His-Purkinje System....Pages 529-544
Epicardial Mapping and Surgical Treatment in Six Cases of Resistant Ventricular Tachycardia not Related to Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 545-563
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
The Electrophysiologic Properties of the Accessory Pathway in the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome....Pages 567-587
Correlation Between Catheter Electrophysiological Studies and Findings on Mapping of Ventricular Excitation in the W.P.W. Syndrome....Pages 588-612
Ventricular Excitation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome....Pages 613-630
Front Matter....Pages 631-631
Mechanisms of Ectopic Rhythm Formation due to Myocardial Ischemia: Effects of Heart Rate and Ventricular Premature Beats....Pages 633-649
Observations During Electrical Stimulation of the Heart in Patients with Sinus Bradycardia Following Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 650-654
A-V Nodal Block in Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 655-661
Bundle Branch Block and Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 662-672
Back Matter....Pages 673-708