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. 2010 Aug 15;10(8):329–338.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The embryology of the cardiac conduction system mirrors the development of the heart. A common view used by electrophysiologists is the ring concept. Here differential rates of proliferation result in constricting band-like segments often representing the future sites of the conduction system. Figure courtesy of Antoon F.M. Moorman, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam