Atrioventricular Node

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A combination of physical examination and ECG detects the majority of hemodynamically significant heart defects in neonates with Down syndrome. 
  • AV blockade via selective AV nodal artery injection in a patient. 
  • An analysis of Wenckebach periodicity. 
  • Assessment of atrioventricular conduction in aortic valve disease. 
  • Bystander accessory pathway during AV node re-entrant tachycardia. 
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Part 2--issues during and after device implantation and unresolved questions. 
  • Changes in atrioventricular conduction properties with refractory-period modulation. 
  • Clinical and quality of life comparison of accelerometer, piezoelectric crystal, and blended sensors in DDDR-paced patients with sinus node dysfunction in the mode selection trial (MOST). 
  • Comparative atrioventricular node properties after radiofrequency ablation and operative therapy of atrioventricular node reentry. 
  • Compromised atrial coronary anatomy is associated with atrial arrhythmias and atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Computer simulations of activation in an anatomically based model of the human ventricular conduction system. 
  • Conduction block after cardioplegic arrest: prevention by augmented atrial hypothermia. 
  • Congenital endodermal heterotopia of the atrioventricular node: evidence for the endodermal origin of so-called mesotheliomas of the atrioventricular node. 
  • Control of rapid ventricular response by radiofrequency catheter modification of the atrioventricular node in patients with medically refractory atrial fibrillation. 
  • Cryosurgical modification of retrograde atrioventricular conduction. Implications for the surgical treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia. 
  • Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve: a Wolf(f) in sheep's clothing. 
  • Elective prolongation of atrioventricular conduction by multiple discrete cryolesions: a new technique for the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. 
  • Electrophysiologic effects of disopyramide phosphate on sinus node function in patients with sinus node dysfunction. 
  • Epidemiology and Outcomes Associated with PR Prolongation. 
  • Genome-wide association studies of the PR interval in African Americans. 
  • Heart failure during cardiac pacing. 
  • Hereditary progressive atrioventricular conduction defect. 
  • Imaging of the atrioventricular node using optical coherence tomography. 
  • Indications for pacing in the treatment of bradyarrhythmias. Report of an independent study group. 
  • Leadless pacemaker implant with concomitant atrioventricular node ablation: Experience with the Micra transcatheter pacemaker. 
  • Letter: Left circumflex coronary artery in SCS. 
  • Longitudinal Shortening of the Left Ventricle by Cine-CMR for Assessment of Diastolic Function in Patients with Aortic Valve Disease. 
  • New catheter techniques for analysis of the sequence of retrograde atrial activation in man. 
  • PR interval genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 50 loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity. 
  • Paroxysmal high-grade atrioventricular block and syncope in a previously healthy child: what is the mechanism? 
  • Pathologic findings following sudden death in an infant with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and supraventricular tachycardia. 
  • Prospective randomized study of mode switching in a clinical trial of pacemaker therapy for sinus node dysfunction. 
  • Quantitative assessment of the recovery property of atriofascicular/atrioventricular-type Mahaim fiber. 
  • Role of Mahaim fibers in cardiac arrhythmias in man. 
  • Safety of slow pathway ablation in patients with long PR interval: further evidence of fast and slow pathway interaction. 
  • Should His Bundle Pacing Be Preferred over Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Following Atrioventricular Junction Ablation? 
  • Spatial heterogeneity of the restitution portrait in rabbit epicardium. 
  • Spectral analysis of activation time sequences. 
  • The construction of an anatomically based model of the human ventricular conduction system. 
  • The effect of chemical ablation of the endocardium on ventricular fibrillation threshold. 
  • The effects of cardioplegic potassium concentration and myocardial temperature on electrical activity in the heart during elective cardioplegic arrest. 
  • The electrophysiologic basis and management of symptomatic recurrent tachycardia in patients with Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve. 
  • Use of the esophageal lead in the diagnosis of mechanisms of reciprocating supraventricular tachycardia.