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intrahisian en · ADJ

Etymology

From intra- + hisian = intra- + His + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Within the bundle of His.
    • intrahisian conduction delay
    • intrahisian block
    • We prospectively evaluated 46 patients who had intrahisian conduction delay. Twenty-three had a split His potential and 23 had a prolonged HV interval with a normal QRS complex. 1979, J.H. McAnulty, E. Murphy, S.H. Rahimtoola, “Prospective evaluation of intrahisian conduction delay”, in Circulation, volume 59, number 5, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1035–1039:
    • In this issue of HeartRhythm is a very interesting article by Ragupathi et al, who describe the natural history of patients with putative intrahisian atrioventricular (AV) block. The authors have nicely shown that although these patients often present with traumatic and very worrisome syncopal episodes, they seem to have a very low incidence of progression to complete AV block. 2018, Melvin M. Scheinman, “Progression of intrahisian atrioventricular block: Will this presage a renaissance of His-bundle studies?”, in Heart Rhythm, volume 15, number 9, →DOI, →PMID, page 1378: