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Editorial
. 2002 Oct;88(4):325-7.
doi: 10.1136/heart.88.4.325.

The right atrium as an anatomic set-up for re-entry: electrophysiology goes back to anatomy

F G Cosío
Editorial

The right atrium as an anatomic set-up for re-entry: electrophysiology goes back to anatomy

F G Cosío. Heart. 2002 Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Schematic representation of posterior right atrial wall barriers making macroreentry possible. On the left the crush injury made by Rosenblueth and García-Ramos15 in their dog experimental model allows circular activation around the tricuspid ring. On the right the position of the human terminal crest is represented. Note that its longitudinal axis is a barrier to transverse conduction, akin to Rosemblueth’s crush injury. Terminal branching of the crest at the inferior vena cava-tricuspid ring isthmus may also facilitate re-entry by slowing conduction locally (wavey arrow). IVC, inferior vena cava; SVC, superior vena cava.
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