What does SAN stand for?

Sinoatrial Node

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The pacemaker of the heart is called sinoatrial node.

Arrhythmia,Causes and Treatments

The trigger for the atrium to contract is an electrical signal sent from what is known as the Sinoatrial Node (or SV Node).

Why Is This Heart Operation Called the Maze Procedure?

All of the muscle fibres within the heart can contract of their own accord, however, the sinoatrial node usually dominates, ensuring this doesn't happen.

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Such a signal starts in a small bundle of highly specialized cells in the right atrium--the sinoatrial node (SA node), also called the sinus node.

How the heart works: a primer

In a normally working heart this impulse is generated by the sinoatrial node (SA node) which is located in the right atrium.

Helping the beat go on! (Free Course)

The impact disrupted perfectly timed electrical signals emitted from the heart's sinoatrial node, or natural pacemaker--and killed Parman instantly.

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Even if it didn't work, he wouldn't be worse off -- though there was a slight possibility, maybe 2%, that the surgeon would destroy the sinoatrial node, the heart's natural pacemaker.

Post-op flop. (Out Back)

During an episode of atrial fibrillation, the function of the sinoatrial node is overtaken and many electrical impulses, greater than 400 per minute, fire off from the upper chambers of the heart.

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