TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC ANATOMY A1 - Piccini, Jonathan P. A1 - Yen Ho, Siew A1 - Becker, Anton E. A2 - Fuster, Valentin A2 - Harrington, Robert A. A2 - Narula, Jagat A2 - Eapen, Zubin J. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Hurst's The Heart, 14e AB - Although the study of cardiac electrophysiology centers around the initiation of electrical impulses and their propagation, it is also very much an “anatomic specialty.” The study of electrophysiology requires critical appreciation and understanding of the anatomy of the heart and its relationship to electrophysiologic function. Over the past two decades, advances in electroanatomic mapping and cardiovascular imaging and innovations in both catheter ablation and device-based interventions have led to an improved understanding of cardiac anatomy, normal electrophysiologic function, and mechanisms behind heart rhythm disorders. Accordingly, describing cardiac structures in terms of their function and relationship to cardiac conduction1 is much more useful to the clinical electrophysiologist than the conventional approach2 of describing the heart in a purely anatomic and geographic fashion. This chapter on electrophysiologic anatomy highlights features of particular relevance in heart rhythm disorders. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161717772 ER -