Abstract
The driving impulse of the heart ordinarily arises in the P cells of the sinoatrial node. Pace-making foci are not, however, limited to the sinus node; others exist outside of it in the atrial myocardium. This observation has lead some electrocardiographers to speak of the atrial pace-making complex, a term that includes foci both within and outside of the sinus node.
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Abedin, Z., Conner, R. (2000). The Sinus Rhythms. In: Interpretation of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 220. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4607-8_2
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