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 ===Atrioventricular node===
-Approach 1:
+Approach 1 (Peter method):
 *Open the LVOT - if it hasn't been opened yet.
 *Cut a section of that includes the right coronary cusp (of the aortic valve) and about 1.5 cm below it (this has the membranous septum and the superior muscular septum).<ref>PF. August 21, 2009.</ref>
 **This section should then be serially sectioned in the axis of the VLOT.
-Approach 2:
+Approach 2 (Virmani method):
 #View from right atrium: AV node is between the ''coronary sinus'' and ''membranous septum''.
 #View from LVOT: Inferior to the posterior (non-coronary) cusp of the aortic valve.
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 #**This section should then be serially sectioned in the axis of the VLOT.
-Approach 3:
+Approach 3 (Location by triangle of Koch):
-*Atrioventicular (AV) node is in the ''Triangle of Koch''.
+*Atrioventicular (AV) node is in the ''triangle of Koch''.
 Triangle of Koch according to Virmani<ref name=virmani_p17>Virmani et al. Cardiovascular Pathology. 2nd Ed. 2001. P.17.</ref> is the ''floor of the RA'' and:
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 *Tricuspid valve annulus = "inferior".
 *Coronary sinus = "posterior".
-Notes (Approach 3):
-*The above makes little sense to me.
 Notes: