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Right Atrium
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Location:
smooth muscular ridge in superior portion of right atrium that divides musculi pectinati and the right atrial appendage from smooth surface of right atrium

Importance in device delivery:
may be important in the genesis of several atrial arrhythmias, including atrial reentry and focal atrial tachycardia

 
 

 

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