PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - L M Gerlis AU - H M Wright AU - N Wilson AU - F Erzengin AU - D F Dickinson TI - Left ventricular bands. A normal anatomical feature. AID - 10.1136/hrt.52.6.641 DP - 1984 Dec 01 TA - British Heart Journal PG - 641--647 VI - 52 IP - 6 4099 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/52/6/641.short 4100 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/52/6/641.full SO - Heart1984 Dec 01; 52 AB - Discrete delicate fibromuscular structures crossing the cavity of the left ventricle were identified on morphological examination in 329 (48%) of 686 hearts from patients of all ages with congenital heart disease, acquired heart disease, or normal hearts. These structures were also present in 151 (95%) of 159 hearts from animals of six species. Cross sectional echocardiographic findings compatible with these structures were obtained in 39 (21.7%) of 179 children reviewed retrospectively and in three of 800 (0.4%) adults studied prospectively. These structures appear to be a normal anatomical finding.