atrioventricular [AV] node

Function

• the AV node channels & delays conduction between the atria & the cardiac ventricles

Arterial supply

• in 90% of patients, the AV node is supplied by a small branch of the right coronary artery
• it is supplied by the left circumflex artery in the other 10%.

More general terms

• heart structure

Additional terms

• atrioventricular (AV) nodal ablation
• right coronary artery (RCA)

Component of

• cardiac conduction system