Mahaim fibers
(redirected from Mahaim fibers fiber conduction)Ma·haim fi·bers
(mă-hām'),paraspecific fibers originating from the A-V node, the His bundle, or the bundle branches and inserting into the ventricular myocardium; they are potential pathways for reentrant dysrhythmias.
Synonym(s): nodoventricular fibers
Mahaim fibers
(ma-en′) [Ivan Mahaim, Fr. cardiologist, 1897–1965]
Fibers for conducting cardiac impulses. They connect the proximal main atrioventricular bundle to the septal myocardium and permit ventricular pre-excitation with resultant tachycardia.
Mahaim,
Ivan, French cardiologist, 1897-1965.Mahaim fibers - paraspecific fibers originating from the A-V node, the His bundle, or the bundle branches and inserting into the ventricular myocardium. Synonym(s): nodoventricular fibers