
VA conduction, also named Ventriculoatrial conduction and sometimes referred to as Retrograde conduction, is the conduction backward phenomena in the
heart
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon diox ...
, where the conduction comes from the
ventricles or from the
AV node into and through the
atria.
Retrograde VA conduction results in many different
symptoms
Signs and symptoms are the observed or detectable signs, and experienced symptoms of an illness, injury, or condition. A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature than normal, raised or lowered blood pressure or an abnormality showi ...
, primarily those symptoms result from the delayed, nonphysiologic timing of
atrial contraction in relation to
ventricular contraction.
References
Medical terminology
Cardiology
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