Kent bundle

Kent bundle
a muscular bundle found normally in the hearts of certain mammalian species, forming a direct connection between the atrial and ventricular walls. In the human heart it is found only rarely, and may form an accessory pathway that allows the preexcitation of the ventricle found in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Called also atrioventricular pathway.

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