Left ventricular false tendon in a patient with coarctation of aorta

Correspondence to Dr Sanjeev Kumar; sanjeevradio@gmail.com Description A boy of preschool age, with a suspicion of aortic arch abnormality on transthoracic echocardiography, underwent CT angiography for detailed evaluation of cardiovascular morphology. Left ventricular false tendons or left ventricular bands are tissue filaments which cross the left ventricular cavity.1 They can be found in normal healthy individuals and may be incidentally detected on transthoracic or transoesophageal echocardiograms done for other indications. The presence of these bands, when incidentally detected on imaging in a patient with a structural heart disease planned for repair, should be communicated to the surgeons as these bands may harbour conducting system or vascular branches within them.