A report on Koch's triangle
Anatomical area located in the superficial paraseptal endocardium of the right atrium, which its boundaries are the coronary sinus orifice, tendon of Todaro, and septal leaflet of the right atrioventricular valve.
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Walter Karl Koch
0 linksWalter Karl Koch (May 3, 1880 in Dortmund, Germany – 1962 ) was a German surgeon best known for the discovery of Koch's triangle, a triangular shaped area in the right atrium of the heart, and of Tawara's node, the atrioventricular node which is the beginning of the auriculo‐ventricular bundle (sometimes called the atrio-ventricular bundle).
Atrioventricular node
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Part of the electrical conduction system of the heart.
It is located at the center of Koch's triangle—a triangle enclosed by the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve, the coronary sinus, and the membranous part of the interatrial septum.