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© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.It is axiomatic that the chances of achieving accurate capture of the conduction axis and its fascicles will be optimized by equally accurate knowledge of the relationship of the components to the recognizable cardiac landmarks, and we find it surprising that acknowledged experts should continue to use drawings that fall short in terms of anatomical accuracy. The accuracy achieved by Sunao Tawara (1906) in showing the location of the atrioventricular conduction axis is little short of astounding. Our purpose in bringing this to current attention is to question the need of the experts to have produced such inaccurate representations, since the findings of Tawara have been extensively endorsed in very recent years. The recent studies do no more than point to the amazing accuracy of the initial account of Tawara. At the same time, we draw attention to the findings described in the middle of the 20th century by Ivan Mahaim (1947). These observations have tended to be ignored in recent accounts. They are, perhaps, of equal significance to those seeking specifically to pace the left fascicles of the branching atrioventricular bundle.
Author(s): Sanchez-Quintana D, Cabrera J-A, Anderson RH
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Europace
Year: 2024
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Online publication date: 14/02/2024
Acceptance date: 12/02/2024
ISSN (print): 1099-5129
ISSN (electronic): 1532-2092
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae048
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euae048
PubMed id: 38364795
