Abstract
The pattern of retrograde His-Purkinje conduction was evaluated in 28 patients using ventricular extrastimuli. In each patient progressive prolongations of His-Purkinje conduction (S2H2) which appeared as ventricular extrastimuli were induced at closer coupling intervals (S1S2). There was an inverse linear relationship of S2H2 to S1S2 which was cycle length-dependent: i.e., at any S1S2 interval the resultant S2H2 was less at shorter drive cycle lengths. The degree of S2H2 delay varied widely (from 30 to 340 ms) and was unrelated to the presence of bundle branch block, H-V intervals, or capability of ventriculoatrial conduction. Prolongation of S2H2 was independent of intraventricular (muscle) conduction delay; such delay was usually absent at most, and occasionally all, S1S2 coupling intervals during which S2H2 was lengthening. Furthermore, in two patients both left and right ventricles were activated before the timed depolarization of the His bundle occurred, demonstrating that under the stress of extrastimuli, the impulse conducts through ventricular muscle with less delay than through the His-Purkinje system. We conclude that the His-Purkinje system typically displays slow conduction response to ventricular stress. The site of this conduction delay is probably at the distal "gate".
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