If the AV node is blocked, does the impulse continue down to the perkinje fibers? Wouldn't that cause the heart to not slow down?
And why would this be found in athletes?
It's somehow caused by exercise? Something like that sounds like it would almost be congenital.
The way I understand it, it would cause a faster HR (atria don't fully contract so they don't deliver what they should to the ventricles), not a slower one.
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10-21-2007, 05:09 PM #4
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