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2476764

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
The presence of a nodoventricular pathway (Mahaim fiber) has been invoked to explain certain distinctive electrocardiographic and electrophysiological observations. The presence of an atrioventricular or atriofascicular fiber with decremental conduction properties has been documented in many of these patients. We report the case of a patient with a Mahaim fiber and the response to conduction over this pathway after adenosine, procainamide, encainide, verapamil, edrophonium, phenylephrine and isoproterenol. Conduction over the Mahaim fiber was blocked by adenosine, but not verapamil. The time course of adenosine induced block over the Mahaim fiber differed from adenosine induced AV nodal block. Mahaim fibers are decrementally conducting pathways that are adenosine sensitive. These findings support the concept that conduction in accessory pathways manifesting decremental properties is not mediated by the calcium channel.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0147-8389
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1396-404
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacological characterization of conduction over a Mahaim fiber: evidence for adenosine sensitive conduction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment, Review