TY - JOUR
T1 - ESCWGA/NASPE/P experts consensus statement
T2 - Living anatomy of the atrioventricular junctions. A guide to electrophysiologic mapping
AU - Cosío, Francisco G.
AU - Anderson, Robert H.
AU - Kuck, Karl Heinz
AU - Becker, Anton
AU - Benditt, David G.
AU - Bharati, Saroja
AU - Borggrefe, Martin
AU - Campbell, Ronald W.F.
AU - Gaita, Fiorenzo
AU - Guiraudon, Gerard M.
AU - Haïssaguerre, Michel
AU - Klein, George
AU - Langberg, Jonathan
AU - Marchlinski, Francis
AU - Rufilanchas, Juan
AU - Saksena, Sanjeev
AU - Thiene, Gaetano
AU - Wellens, Hein J.J.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Current nomenclature for the AV junctions derives from a surgically distorted view, placing the valvar rings and the triangle of Koch in a single plane with anteroposterior and right-left lateral coordinates. Within this convention, the aorta is considered to occupy an anterior position, whereas the mouth of the coronary sinus is shown as being posterior. Although this nomenclature has served its purpose for the description and treatment of arrhythmias dependent on accessory pathways and AV nodal reentry, it is less than satisfactory for the description of atrial and ventricular mapping. To correct these deficiencies, a consensus document has been prepared by experts from the Working Group of Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology and from the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. It proposes a new, anatomically sound, nomenclature that will be applicable to all chambers of the heart. In this report, we discuss its value for description of the AV junctions and establish the principles of this new nomenclature.
AB - Current nomenclature for the AV junctions derives from a surgically distorted view, placing the valvar rings and the triangle of Koch in a single plane with anteroposterior and right-left lateral coordinates. Within this convention, the aorta is considered to occupy an anterior position, whereas the mouth of the coronary sinus is shown as being posterior. Although this nomenclature has served its purpose for the description and treatment of arrhythmias dependent on accessory pathways and AV nodal reentry, it is less than satisfactory for the description of atrial and ventricular mapping. To correct these deficiencies, a consensus document has been prepared by experts from the Working Group of Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology and from the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. It proposes a new, anatomically sound, nomenclature that will be applicable to all chambers of the heart. In this report, we discuss its value for description of the AV junctions and establish the principles of this new nomenclature.
KW - Accessory pathway ablation
KW - Anatomic nomenclature
KW - Atrial mapping
KW - Atrioventricular junctions
KW - Triangle of Koch
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00291.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00291.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10466499
AN - SCOPUS:0032838305
SN - 1045-3873
VL - 10
SP - 1162
EP - 1170
JO - Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
JF - Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
IS - 8
ER -