Cardiac Muscle, Dr. D. Penney
Factors Affecting Conduction Through the AV Junction:
Speeds -
- Catecholamines *
- Atropine - blocks Acetylcholine
- Quinidine - inhibits vagal effects
- Slows
- Acetylcholine * *
- Digitalis - central vagal (parasympathetic) stimulation
- Inhibitors of acetylcholine esterase, Ca++ antagonists (e.g. verapamil)
- An increased number of impulses arriving at AV junction increases refractoriness

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