Mahaim, Kent and abnormal atrioventricular conduction

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 480-491

  Anderson, Robert H ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^a   Gillette, Paul C ^b   Becker, Anton E ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accessory pathways; atrioventricular conduction; atrioventricular node; pre excitation

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES;

EID: 0030000633     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-6363(96)00011-9     Document Type: Review

References (44)

1. Paladino G. Contribuzione all'anatomia, istologia e fisiologia del cuore. Mov med-chir Napoli 1876;8:428-449.
2. Henle FGJ. Handbuch der systematischen Anatomie des Menschens. 3 volumes 1856-1873. Braunschweig: F Vieweg u Sohn, 1868.
3. His W Jr. Die Thätigkeit des embryonalen Herzens und deren Bedeutung für die Lehre von der Herzbewegung beim Erwachsenen. Arb Med Klinik Leipzig 1893;1:14-49.
4. Kent AFS. Researches on the structure and function of the mammalian heart. J Physiol 1893;14:233-254.
5. Keith A, Flack M. The form and nature of the muscular connections between the primary divisions of the vertebrate heart. J Anat Physiol 1907;41:172-189.
6. Keith A. An Autobiography. New York: Philosophical Library, 1950:254-259.
7. Tawara S. Das Reizleitungssystem des Säugetierherzens. Eine Anatomisch-Histologische Studie über das Atrioventrikularbündel und die Purkinjeschen Faden. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1906.
8. Kent AFS. Observations on the auriculo-ventricular junction of the mammalian heart. Q J Exp Physiol 1913;7:193-195.
9. Kent AFS. The structure of the cardiac tissues at the auriculoventricular junction. J Physiol 1913;47:17-18.
10. Kent AFS. The right lateral auriculo-ventricular junction of the heart. J Physiol 1914;48:22-24.
11. Kent AFS. Illustrations of the right lateral auriculo-ventricular junction in the heart. J Physiol 1914;48:63-64.
12. Mahaim I, Winston MR. Recherches d'anatomie comparée et de pathologie expérimentale sur les connexions hautes des His-Tawara. Cardiologia 1941;5:139-260.
13. Mahaim I. Kent's fiber in the A-V paraspecific conduction through the upper connection of the bundle of His-Tawara. Am Heart J 1947;33:651-653.
14. Mines GR. On circulating excitations in heart muscles and their possible relation to tachycardia and fibrillation. J Trans Soc Can 1914;4:43-40.
15. Wood FC, Wolferth CG, Geckeler GD. Histologic demonstration of accessory muscular connections between auricle and ventricle in a case of short P-R interval and prolonged QRS complex. Am Heart J 1943;25:454-462.
16. Durrer D, Schuilenburg RM, Wellens HJJ. Pre-excitation revisited. Am J Cardiol 1970;25:690-698.
17. Ferrer MI. New concepts relating to the pre-excitation syndrome. J Am Med Assoc 1967;201:1038-1039.
18. Anderson RH, Becker AE, Brechenmacher C, Davies MJ, Rossi L. Ventricular preexcitation. A proposed nomenclature for its substrates. Eur J Cardiol 1975;3:27-36.
19. Brechenmacher C. Atrio-His bundle tracts. Br Heart J 1975;37:853-855.
20. Lown B, Ganong WF, Levine SA. The syndrome of short P-R interval, normal QRS complex and paroxysmal rapid, heart action. Circulation 1952;5:693-706.
21. Gillette PC, Garson A Jr, Cooley DA, McNamara DC. Prolonged and decremental antegrade conduction properties in right anterior accessory connections: wide QRS antidromic tachycardia of left bundle branch block pattern without Wolff-Parkinson-White configuration in sinus rhythm. Am Heart J 1982;103:66-74.
22. Guiraudon CM, Guiraudon GM, Klein GJ. "Nodal ventricular" Mahaim pathway: histologic evidence for an accessory atrioventricular pathway with an AV node-like morphology. Circulation 1988;78(Suppl. II):40.
23. Klein GJ, Guiraudon GM, Kerr CR, Sharma AD, Yee R, Szabo T, Yeung Lai Wah JA. "Nodoventricular" accessory pathway: evidence for a distinct accessory atrioventricular pathway with atrioventricular node-like properties. J Am Coll Cardiol 1988;11:1035-1040.
24. Leitch J, Klein GJ, Yee R, Murdock C. New concepts on nodoventricular accessory pathways. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1990;1: 220-230.
25. Becker AE, Anderson RH, Durrer D, Wellens HJJ. The anatomical substrates of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. A clinicopathologic correlation in seven patients. Circulation 1978;57:870-879.
26. Verduyn Lunel AA. Significance of annulus fibrosus of heart in relation to AV conduction and ventricular activation in cases of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Br Heart J 1972;34:1267-1271.
27. Öhnell RF. Pre-excitation. A cardiac abnormality. Patho-physiological, patho-anatomical and clinical studies of an excitatory spread phenomenon. Acta Med Scand (Suppl CLII) 1944;1:74-167.
28. Lesh MD, Van Hare G, Kao AK, Scheinman MM. Radiofrequency catheter ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome associated with a coronary sinus diverticulum. PACE 1991;14:1479-1484.
29. Janse MJ, Anderson RH, van Capelle FJL, Durrer D. A combined electrophysiological and anatomical study of the human fetal heart. Am Heart J 1976;91:556-562.
30. James TN. Heuristic thoughts on the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. In: Schlant RC, Hurst JW, eds. Advances in Electrophysiology. New York: Grune and Stratton, 1972:259-274.
31. Anderson RH, Bouton J, Burrow CT, Smith A. Sudden death in infancy: a study of the cardiac specialized tissue. Br Med J 1974;2:135-139.
32. Lev M, Fox SM, Bharati S, Greenfield JC, Rosen KM, Pick A. Mahaim and James fibers as a basis for a unique variety of ventricular preexcitation. Am J Cardiol 1975;36:880-888.
33. Gmeiner R, Ng CK, Hammer I, Becker AE. Tachycardia caused by an accessory nodoventricular tract: a clinico-pathologic correlation. Eur Heart J 1984;5:233-242.
34. Kent AFS. The structure and function of the mammalian heart. Proc Br Assoc Adv Sci 1915:226-229.
35. Anonymous. Conduction of the heart-beat. Nature 1930;126:629.
36. James TN. Morphology of the human atrioventricular node, with remarks pertinent to its electrophysiology. Am Heart J 1961;62:756-771.
37. Lamers WH, Wessels A, Verbeek FJ, Moorman AFM, Virágh SZ, Wenink ACG, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, Anderson RH. New findings concerning ventricular septation in the human heart. Implications for maldevelopment. Circulation 1992;86:1194-1205.
38. Kurosawa H, Becker AE. Dead-end tract of the conduction axis. Int J Cardiol 1985;7:13-18.
39. Anderson RH, Davies MJ, Becker AE. Atrioventricular ring specialised tissue in the human heart. Eur J Cardiol 1974;2:219-230.
40. Milo S, Ho SY, Macartney FJ, Wilkinson JL, Becker AE, Wenink ACG, Gittenberger de Groot AC, Anderson RH. Straddling and overriding atrioventricular valves morphology and classification. Am J Cardiol 1979;44:1122-1134.
41. Anderson RH, Arnold R, Thaper MK, Jones RS, Hamilton DI. Cardiac specialized tissues in hearts with an apparently single ventricular chamber. (Double inlet left ventricle.). Am J Cardiol 1974;33:95-106.
42. Anderson RH, Arnold R, Wilkinson JL. The conducting system in congenitally corrected transposition. Lancet 1973;1:1286-1288.
43. Monckeberg JG. Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Atrioventrikularsystems. Verh Dtsch Pathol Ges 1913;16:228-249.
44. Ho SY, McComb JM, Scott CD, Anderson RH. Morphology of the cardiac conduction system in patients with electrophysiologically proven dual atrioventricular nodal pathways. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1993;4:504-512.