Surgical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 300 - 309
Published: Dec 1, 2013
Abstract
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a unique primary myocardial disease characterized by unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy in absence of another etiology. One of the key features is the presence of systolic anterior motion of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve which causes left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with various degrees of mitral valve regurgitation. Surgical septal myectomy is the preferred treatment of choice if...
Paper Details
Title
Surgical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Published Date
Dec 1, 2013
Volume
25
Issue
4
Pages
300 - 309
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