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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:690-691
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Letters to the Editor

Reply to the Anderson and Lunkenheimer Left ventricular muscle band (VMB): final thoughts

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8234, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States

Received 12 June 2006; accepted 26 June 2006.

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Key Words: Ventricular myocardial band • Ventricular activation • Electromechanical function • Specialized ventricular conduction (Purkinje) system

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I have no BIG dogs in this fight and no expert opinion as to the anatomic complexities of the ventricles. My role was to describe the ventricular activation sequence and its possible role, assuming the existence of a continuous convoluted ventricular muscle band. As stated in the article, such a band could not be activated sequentially along its convoluted course. Also, that a normal rapid endo- to epi- and apical to basal spread of activation might not eliminate sequential convoluted . . . [Full Text of this Article]