Transaortic Extended Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Extended left ventricular septal myectomy is standard treatment for symptomatic patients with the obstructive variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).1Brown M.L. Schaff H.V. Surgical management of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: The gold standard.Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2008; 6: 715-722Crossref PubMed Scopus (32) Google Scholar There is a definite learning curve to avoid the major technical complications, such as complete heart...