Do You Have A Diagram Of The Cardiac Conduction System?

Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Page Last Updated: June 6, 2025

The heart is an amazing muscle. For reasons described on this previous blog, "The Anatomy And Heart Function", I am constantly marveling at all the complex elements that makes the heart operate. Interestingly enough...

Electricity has a lot to do with the actual starts and stops (aka contractions) in the cardiac conduction system. That said I thought you might like to see a diagram of cardiac conduction system.

Diagram Of Cardiac Conduction System

I could go on and do my best to scientifically explain the cardiac conduction system illustration above. However, it's the Internet age. So, I'm going to let the American Heart Association do that for me. Here is a link to an article all about the "Diagram of Cardiac Conduction System".

It's actually a very, very, very interesting article!

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Keep on tickin!
Adam

Written by Adam Pick
Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

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