RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Left ventricular bands. A normal anatomical feature.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 641
OP 647
DO 10.1136/hrt.52.6.641
VO 52
IS 6
A1 L M Gerlis
A1 H M Wright
A1 N Wilson
A1 F Erzengin
A1 D F Dickinson
YR 1984
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/52/6/641.abstract
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.