Septal Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Elderly

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is a genetic disorder treated with septal reduction therapy, either alcohol septal ablation or septal myectomy (SM). Historically older patients have been presumed to be poor candidates for SM and thus referred directly for alcohol septal ablation in some centers. We reviewed our experience with SM in older patients.We identified 100 patients at our institution who underwent SM for hypertrophic obstructive...