Does septal myectomy relieve LVOT obstruction and cardiac symptoms in patients with obstructive HCM?
Septal myectomy is a highly effective and safe procedure for obstructive HCM, with early mortality under 1% at experienced centers.
Septal myectomy effectively and definitively relieves LVOT obstruction and cardiac symptoms in patients with obstructive HCM. In experienced centers, early mortality for isolated septal myectomy is less than 1%, and overall results are excellent and continue to improve in the current era.
Kotkar et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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