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(Circulation. 1970;42:437.)
© 1970 American Heart Association, Inc.

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The Atrioventricular Conduction System in Persistent Common Atrioventricular Canal Defect

Correlations with Electrocardiogram

ROBERT H. FELDT M.D.¹; JAMES W. DUSHANE M.D.¹; JACK L. TITUS M.D.¹

¹ From the Section of Pediatric Cardiology and Department of Experimental and Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.

Serial histologic sections of the atrioventricular (A-V) conduction system were studied in four hearts with persistent common A-V canal, and the anatomic findings were related to the abnormal ECG patterns. Two hearts were examples of the partial form and two of the complete form of A-V canal. The major anatomic abnormalities were: (1) postero-inferior displacement of the A-V node; (2) relatively short distances between the A-V node and the origin of the left bundle branching; (3) marked posteroinferior displacement of the left bundle branching system; and (4) relative hypoplasia of the anterior (superior) left bundle branches. The anatomic configuration of the A-V conduction system in A-V canal could result in relatively early impulse propagation to the posterior aspect of the ventricular septum as suggested by reported electrophysiologica studies. The anatomic findings are considered to be related closely to the known ECG patterns of A-V canal.

Key Words: Congenital heart disease • Left bundle branches

Submitted on January 21, 1970
Accepted on April 30, 1970

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