RT Book, Section
A1 Piccini, Jonathan P.
A1 Yen Ho, Siew
A1 Becker, Anton E.
A2 Fuster, Valentin
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
A2 Narula, Jagat
A2 Eapen, Zubin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161717772
T1 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC ANATOMY
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161717772
RD 2024/04/16
AB Although  the  study  of  cardiac  electrophysiology  centers  around  the  initiation  of  electrical  impulses  and  their  propagation,  it  is  also  very  much  an  “anatomic  specialty.”  The  study  of  electrophysiology  requires  critical  appreciation  and  understanding  of  the  anatomy  of  the  heart  and  its  relationship  to  electrophysiologic  function.  Over  the  past  two  decades,  advances  in  electroanatomic  mapping  and  cardiovascular  imaging  and  innovations  in  both  catheter  ablation  and  device-based  interventions  have  led  to  an  improved  understanding  of  cardiac  anatomy,  normal  electrophysiologic  function,  and  mechanisms  behind  heart  rhythm  disorders.  Accordingly,  describing  cardiac  structures  in  terms  of  their  function  and  relationship  to  cardiac  conduction1  is  much  more  useful  to  the  clinical  electrophysiologist  than  the  conventional  approach2  of  describing  the  heart  in  a  purely  anatomic  and  geographic  fashion.  This  chapter  on  electrophysiologic  anatomy  highlights  features  of  particular  relevance  in  heart  rhythm  disorders.