The posterior nodal extension can sustain effective atrial-His conduction at all cycle lengths and account for both the manifest and concealed portion of SP. Slow and FP conduction primarily arise from the posterior extension and compact node, respectively.
Direction-dependent properties of the AV node arise from those of the compact node-based fast pathway and posterior extension-based slow pathway. Normal AV node has bidirectional dual pathways.
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