Abstract
Impulses traveling within the specialized conduction tissues are silent on the scalar electrocardiogram because the amount of tissue depolarized is too small to be sensed by surface electrodes. Any impulse that only partially traverses the conduction pathway, but stops before reaching and depolarizing either atrial or ventricular muscle, will leave no deflection on the surface electrocardiogram. Since the impulse produces no deflection that signals its presence, it is said to be “concealed.”
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Abedin, Z., Conner, R. (2000). Concealed Conduction and Concealed Extrasystoles. In: Interpretation of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 220. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4607-8_14
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